Bruno Cantalini, Alessandro Valentini
The present paper intends to analyze the issue of internal mobility in Italy on the basis of a statistical framework developed by the authors in the last years. The main goal is to review the use of some traditional measuring tools in order to simply and effectively explain migration dynamics between the various geographical areas at NUTS1 level in the last 40 years. Special attention is given to the internal mobility of the foreign population in Italy. Finally, this contribution includes an attempt to measure whether and how mobility along the South-North trajectory, in terms of intensity and direction of flows, can be explained by the territorial disparities measured by economic variables.