This work focuses on some economic aspects of the two main waves of Italian emigration (1876-1913 and post-1945) and of the immigration of recent years. First, we examine the characteristics of migrants. Second, for the period 1876-1913 we investigate the determinants of emigration using a new...

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro riassume e in parte rielabora le analisi e i risultati di alcuni studi, realizzati nel recente passato, sulla misurazione di intensità ed effetti delle barriere agli scambi con l’estero nella storia del nostro Paese. Si identificano in primo luogo i principali...

The relationship between emigration and human capital is a hotly debated issue. Nowadays discussions focus mainly on the so called brain drain, i.e. the reduction in the human capital endowment of a country due to the emigration of more skilled people. Differently, this paper investigates...