Postwar Migration from Italy to Switzerland

Author(s) : Kurt B. Mayer

Source : https://doi.org/10.2307/3002975

Abstract:

“Large-scale migrations of Italians to Switzerland have played an important role in the intra-European redistribution of people from underdeveloped areas to countries with superior economic opportunities. The migratory flow from Italy to Switzerland has always been determined primarily by changing conditions of the Swiss economy and has varied sharply over time. Italy has long been a major exporter of population. Switzerland, itself an emigration country for many centuries, became a significant outlet for Italian migrants only in the latter part of the 19th century when rapid industrialization converted it from a sending to a receiving country.”