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Intellectual Property Rights, Migration, and Diaspora

Naghavi, Alireza; Strozzi, Chiara - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and …

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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...

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Does Emigration Benefit the Stayers? The EU Enlargement as a Natural Experiment. Evidence from Lithuania

Elsner, Benjamin - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

states to the UK and Ireland. This paper analyzes the impact of this migration wave on the real wages in the source countries …

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Which Factors Explain the Rising Ethnic Heterogeneity in Italy? An Empirical Analysis at Province Level

Cattaneo, Cristina - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...

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

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Francesco D’Amuri; Peri, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 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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Immigration and National Wages: Clarifying the Theory and the Empirics

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P; Peri, Giovanni - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas (2003) we focus on national labor markets for workers of different skills and we enrich his methodology and refine previous estimates. We emphasize that a production function...

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Managing Migration through Quotas: an Option-theory Perspective

Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … framework . To do this, we have used a real option approach to migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be … of counterbalancing immigration policies is not odd but it could be in line with an optimal policy to control migration …

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Rethinking the Gains from Immigration: Theory and Evidence from the U.S.

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

The standard empirical analysis of immigration, based on a simple labor demand and labor supply framework, has emphasized the negative impact of foreign born workers on the average wage of U.S.-born workers (particularly of those without a high school degree). A precise assessment of the average...

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The Role of Community in Migration Dynamics

Vergalli, Sergio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

Option Theory, investigates the roots of the migration dynamics. In the model the decision to migrate of each individual … observable "jumps" in the migration flows and to describe how the trigger for entry can change depending on the dimension of the …

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Diversities in Diversity: Exploring Moroccan Migrants’ Livelihood in Genoa

Alzetta, Roberto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

-layered diversification process in Western societies. Migration phenomena are largely responsible for this process both in receiving European … societies as well as in original sending countries. Migration has been and continues to be a ubiquitous human experience. Yet …

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