In this paper we study the evolution of citizenship laws around the world. Our analysis is based on a dataset we compiled to document such evolution in 162 countries in the 1948-2001 period. Our econometric results can be summarized as follows. The legal tradition, as represented by the...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro fornisce un quadro descrittivo dei recenti flussi di richiedenti asilo in Italia e nell’Unione Europea. Dopo aver esaminato le dinamiche degli ingressi irregolari e delle richieste di protezione internazionale, si analizzano le differenze a livello europeo...

Italian Abstract: Le “specie” di corporate governance sono conseguenza di un adattamento al contesto politico-istituzionale. Pertanto, a differenza di quanto prospettato dalla cd. Legal Origin Theory (per cui si ha/avrà necessariamente una convergenza verso un modello efficiente o ideale),...

Italian abstract: A partire da un’analisi dell’articolo di Carlo Trigilia “Crescita squilibrata: perché la sociologia economica ha più successo nella teoria che nelle pratiche?”, pubblicato nel 2007 sulla rivista Stato e Mercato, viene sviluppata una proposta teorico-metodologica, di...

The discussion around the adequateness of the Constitution to the current economic setting is still ongoing. To see where, this discussion will lead eventually, it is interesting to compare the Italian decentralization process with a similar process undertaken in Belgium. This contribution...

This paper provide a review of housing policies implemented in the Municipality of Modena for those tenants living in unaffordable housing. In the first part of the paper we analyze demand and supply for each of these policies, our sources being microdata from the Municipality: we find that...

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro analizza le determinanti delle rimesse in uscita dall’Italia e presenta una metodologia per quantificare la parte di esse che non transita via intermediari ufficiali (operatori money transfer, banche, poste) ma defluisce tramite canali informali, non rilevabili...

Along the last two decades Italian industrial districts have been touched by two main phenomena: internationalization of production and international migration. While the first has been extensively studied, the latter has not received the same degree of attention. This paper shows that...

This paper studies empirically the link between remittances and growth volatility by examining the impact of remittances on the propagation of real and monetary shocks. This study is conducted by employing dynamic panel generalized method of moment (GMM) technique for a sample of 63 countries...

The Harris-Todaro model of rural to urban migration is extended to include urban agglomeration effects, some urban real wage flexibility and a government budget constraint. Without employment subsidies, laissez-faire migration is excessive unless real wage flexibility and agglomeration effects...