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Indicators of Migrants’ Socio-Professional Integration

Gregori, Emilio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

Understanding and monitoring the diversity which lies under migrants’ socio-professional integration trends is a … of the theoretical concept of migrants, foreigners and integration was discussed, as well as the matters concerning the … series from 1996 to 2001. Studying socio-economic migrants integration is a key challenge in order to offer tools for the …

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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 … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990’s had no adverse effects on native wages and … ‘flexible’ as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …

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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 … immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of regularization, i.e., European policies are becoming less tight …. Our aim here is to study these counterbalanced and opposite policies in European immigration legislation in a unified …

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Opportunity and Choice in Social Networks

Pin, Paolo; Franz, Silvio; Marsili, Matteo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

Our societies are heterogeneous in many dimensions such as census, education, religion, ethnic and cultural composition. The links between individuals - e.g. by friendship, marriage or collaboration - are not evenly distributed, but rather tend to be concentrated within the same group. This...

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HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa: Trends and Challenges

Luboobi, Livingstone S.; Mugisha, Joseph Y.T. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

Three-quarters of the world’s AIDS population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa; most have no access to lifesaving drugs, testing facilities or even basic preventative health care. One of the major factors inhibiting medical professionals in Africa from treating this disease is the inability to access...

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How Homophily Affects Learning and Diffusion in Networks

Golub, Benjamin; Jackson, Matthew O. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

We examine how three different communication processes operating through social networks are affected by homophily - the tendency of individuals to associate with others similar to themselves. Homophily has no effect if messages are broadcast or sent via shortest paths; only connection density...

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Like Oil and Water or Chocolate and Peanut Butter? Ethnic Diversity and Social Participation of Young People in England

Fumagalli, Elena; Fumagalli, Laura - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

The paper studies the impact of ethnic diversity on social participation of young people. We first propose a theoretical model in which the agents choose between structured and unstructured social activities by taking into account the ethnic composition of the groups they join. We test our...

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Advocatus, et non latro? Testing the Supplier-Induced-Demand Hypothesis for Italian Courts of Justice

Buonanno, Paolo; Galizzi, Matteo M. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

We explore the relationship between litigation rates and the number of lawyers, in a typical supplier-induced demand (SID) frame. Drawing on an original panel dataset for the 169 Italian courts of justice between 2000 and 2007, we first document that the number of lawyers is positively...

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Diversities in Diversity: Exploring Moroccan Migrants’ Livelihood in Genoa

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

clearly demarcated borders, it has not decreased the incomprehension, fear and suspicion with which non–European migrants are … and employing an approach based on “Tracing” techniques, different ways of acting and being Moroccan migrants in Genoa …

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