sufficiently large unemployment benefit for musicians. We notice that the first step, while highly desirable, is unlikely to be … politically feasible in the current Italian institutional setting. The second step, which has a general interest for any second …

This paper investigates regional or international transfers as a means to prevent immigration into unemployment. We … analyze a two-country model with free migration in which the rich country is characterized by minimum wage unemployment … stronger productivity growth in the poor country, reducing both migration flows and unemployment in the rich country. This …

terrorist attacks against foreigners in their host country. High skilled migrants are associated with a significantly lower risk … of terror compared to low skilled ones, while there is no significant difference between male and female migrants …

migration to those countries with the highest levels of welfare benefits. The paper concludes that migration is limited by the … incentives. On the other hand, migration is attractive for those working in the informal sector of host countries …

We study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of a host country and education policy of a source … country in a model of international migration of skilled workers. Acquisition of human capital is driven by the academic and … source country, and attitudes to immigration in the host country. Of key interest are the implications for the optimal …

equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … foreign workers and also admitting an inefficiently large number of permanent migrants, but not enough to fill any labor …

migrants and refugees relative to family migrants, for men and individuals below the median age, and for individuals with …