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Labor shortage in Italy

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/italys-labour-shortage-is-ticking-time-bomb-generali-chairman-2023-06-09/

    The article speaks of a few problems:

    • Italy lacks workers
    • Along Italy's youths, a smaller fraction has university degrees compared to other Western European countries (i.e., they lack highly educated workers)

    It looks to me the solution is simple: import more highly educated workers. China has got an excess of these workers -- China has a youth unemployment rate of over 20%, and lots of university graduates cannot find work or are underemployed vis a vis their level of education. Just redistribute some of these college graduates from China to Italy, give them a year or two of language training, and that should solve the problems on both sides.

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      I wonder if an adult Chinese person learning Italian ends up with a nice-sounding accent to the native Italians, or will it be nearly impossible to understand?

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        @Axtremus Not so simple. In a lot of ways, it is very difficult to transition from Asia --> west or reverse. A lot of people have trouble doing it, especially if they do not have any support system in their new location.

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        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

          @Axtremus Not so simple. In a lot of ways, it is very difficult to transition from Asia --> west or reverse. A lot of people have trouble doing it, especially if they do not have any support system in their new location.

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          @taiwan_girl said in Labor shortage in Italy:

          ... A lot of people have trouble doing it, especially if they do not have any support system in their new location.

          Expand "give them a year or two of language training" to "provide them with local support" then.

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            In theory, that is kind of a good idea. The actual execution would never work.

            But, the idea that Italy has to do something is true. It will take "out of the box" thinking.

            I think that there is freedom of work movement across the EU countries. Maybe try some incentives with other countries in the former East Europe, etc. For example, in addition to a job, also provide them a house, each year they gain X% ownership as long as they are working in Italy, so after a certain number of years, they own the house for "free".

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