Frontalierato e migrazioni interne

Frontier work is a very special type of migration that is in between internal migration, international migration and short-range commuting. If in theory cross-border workers are the residents of border areas who travel daily to work in the neighboring country, the reality is more complex. On the one hand, frontier work attracts to border areas people originally residing elsewhere; on the other hand, it absorbs workers living in more remote areas that because of high-speed trains can go from their houses to a workplace in another Nation. In this paper, we will deal with a number of cases linked to cross-borders work from Italy to France and Switzerland.