2024-04-12 13:26:32
BOLZANO. The labor shortage in Alto Adige it could get worse so much so that in the next two years one in six South Tyrolean employees could think about leaving the province. This is what emerges from the previews of the Ipl Barometer.
«In the future the decisive competition will no longer be for the best products or production processes, but for the best qualified workforce», warns the president of Ipl Andreas Dorigoni. «With the containment of wages and a biased attitude in negotiations with the unions, South Tyrolean employers risk shooting themselves in the foot».
«The fact that Alto Adige is mainly losing highly qualified labor and is importing low-skilled workers has already emerged from other studies. In the medium term it is essential to reverse this trend. Employers must become aware of the fact that in the future the human factor will be a scarcer asset than technology or capital”, said the director Stefan Perini.
In 2021 (latest data available), the incidence of South Tyroleans moving abroad it was 3.6 per 1,000 inhabitants, once again placing the province at the top of the Italian ranking. According to the Ipl Barometer, the 15% of employees is considering the possibility of moving abroad in the next two years, while 17% do not exclude the possibility of moving to another region of Italy. The main reason for moving abroad or to another Italian region is the desire to “change cultural environment” (cited by 29% of respondents), while 25% of respondents say they are attracted by the opportunity to “have new experiences”.
The main motivations therefore mainly refer to two factors that cannot be directly controlled by economic policy. This is not the case for the third reason, namely the “search for more favorable socio-economic conditions for raising children” (20%), followed by “more favorable working conditionsdifficult to negotiate in Alto Adige” (15%) and from the perspective of a “larger and more comfortable home” (9%). Not surprisingly, the limited supply of housing and the cost of housing in general are often cited as an obstacle to the attractiveness of South Tyrol as a place to work and live.
2024-04-12 13:26:32