José António de Oliveira

CeiED – Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development,

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal,

jantol.geoideia@netcabo.pt

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF SECOND HOMES: A CASE STUDY IN PORTUGAL

Maria de Nazaré Oliveira Roca

CICS.NOVA Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Social Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,

nazareroca@gmail.com

Zoran Roca

CeiED – Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development,

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal,

zoran.roca@gmail.com

Abstract. The aim of the present paper is to provide an analysis of the recent growth in emigration of highly skilled workers from Italy and to put it in the context of the overall crisis influencing Southern European countries. In doing so, a comparison of two recent studies on the phenomenon will be presented, highlighting the fact that nowadays highly skilled flows tend to have distinctive features, both in terms of forms and trajectories. Attention will be given to under-studied determinants surrounding the decision to move to urban centres that are not traditional poles of attraction for highly  skilled people. This paper aims to warn of the need to revise, or at least complement, existing studies on the phenomenon with more updated theoretical paradigms.

Received: March, 2015

1st Revision: June, 2015

Accepted: September, 2015

DOI: 10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-3/14

JEL Classification: R1, R310

Keywords: second home housing, economic effects, local development.