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Don't stand so close to me: the urban impact of immigration

Accetturo, Antonio; Manaresi, Francesco; Mocetti, Sauro; … - Banca d'Italia - 2012

We examine the impact of immigration on the residential market within urban areas. We develop a spatial equilibrium model that shows how the effect of an immigrant inflow in a district affects local housing prices through changes in how natives perceive the quality of their local amenities and...

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Labor market pooling: evidence from Italian industrial districts

Blasio, Guido De; Addario, Sabrina Di - Banca d'Italia - 2002

The paper provides an empirical investigation of labor market pooling. The analysis concentrates on Italian industrial districts and shows that there is fragmentary evidence of a widespread wage premium. In particular, there is no evidence of district differentials for the returns to seniority...

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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's

D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, … - Banca d'Italia - 2008

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987- 2001, we find that the substantial...

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Bridging the gap between migrants and the banking system

Albareto, Giorgio; Mistrulli, Paolo - Banca d'Italia - 2011

In this paper, we test whether micro firms run by migrants pay more for credit than firms run by natives and whether the differences in the cost of credit for these two groups of entrepreneurs decrease as the informational and cultural gaps narrow. We employ a large and unique data set providing...

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How does immigration affect native internal mobility? New evidence from Italy

Mocetti, Sauro; Porello, Carmine - Banca d'Italia - 2010

This paper investigates the relationship between native internal mobility and immigration in Italy, in order to gain a better understanding of the impact of immigration on local labour markets and to gauge the consequences for the socio-demographic composition of the local population. Native...

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Labour mobility in Italy: new evidence on migration trends

Mocetti, Sauro; Porello, Carmine - Banca d'Italia - 2010

-rangeï¿½ commuting. In the period 1990-2005, migration inflows have increased in the Centre North, both in short- and long …-North migration continues to be driven by the large economic differentials between the two areas. In the second half of the nineties … affected the migration propensity of natives and structurally changed the nature of mobility. …

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Immigration and crime: an empirical analysis

Bianchi, Milo; Buonanno, Paolo; Pinotti, Paolo - Banca d'Italia - 2008

migration towards other European countries to identify the causal impact of exogenous changes in the immigrant population of …

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Skills or culture? An analysis of the decision to work by immigrant women in Italy

Accetturo, Antonio; Infante, Luigi - Banca d'Italia - 2011

Activity and employment rates for immigrant women in many industrialized countries display a great variability across national groups. The aim of this paper is to assess whether this well-known fact is due to a voluntary decision (i.e. large reservation wages by the immigrants) or to an...

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Output growth volatility and remittances

Bugamelli, Matteo; Francesco Paternï¿½ - Banca d'Italia - 2008

Since output growth volatility has negative effects on growth, poverty and welfare, especially in poorer countries, it is crucial to identify the country-specific factors that affect it. The empirical literature has focused mostly on financial development, policy distortions and globalization...

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Immigration, jobs and employment protection: evidence from Europe before and during the Great Recession

D'Amuri, Francesco; Peri, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2012

In this paper we analyse the impact of immigrants on the type and quantity of nativesï¿½ jobs. We use data on fifteen Western European countries during the 1996-2010 period. We find that immigrants, by taking up manual-routine type of occupations pushed natives towards more...

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