of emigration as well as immigration. We focus on Europe and compare the outcomes for large Western European countries … inequality because of emigration. Whereas, contrary to the popular belief, immigration had nearly equal but opposite effects … are misplaced; immigration has had a positive average wage effect on native workers. Some concerns should be focused on …

no effect of immigration on native poverty at the national level. At the local level, only considering the most extreme … estimates and only in some localities, we find non-trivial effects of immigration on poverty. In general, however, even the … local effects of immigration bear very little correlation with the observed changes in poverty rates and they explain a …

of all households in Sweden. Between 1999 and 2002, we observe little aggregate rebalancing in the financial portfolio of …

disaster in modern European history. It occurred when overseas mass emigration from southern Italy was at its peak and … international borders were open, making emigration a widespread phenomenon and a readily available option for disaster relief. We … migration. Using commune-level data on damage and annual emigration, we find that, despite massive destruction, there is no …