Is international migration an adaptation strategy to sudden or gradual climatic shocks? In this paper we investigate the direct and the indirect role of climatic shocks in developing countries as a determinant of out-migration flows toward rich OECD countries in the period 1990-2001. Contrarily...

The advent of the international financial crisis, and of its effects on the economy, all the world now face the question how to manage the crisis and what measures to implement to restore a normal condition. In this paper we present and discuss the results and implications of an international...

With the advent of the international financial crisis, and of its effects on the global economy, all the world started to face the question how to manage the crisis and what measures to implement in order to restore a normal condition. In this paper we present and discuss results and...

In this paper we show that highly skilled undocumented migrants are more likely to return home than migrants with low or no skills when illegality causes skill waste", i.e. when illegality reduces the rate of return of individual capabilities (i.e. skills and human capital) in both the labor and...

The importance of human capital as a key source of value added, innovation and economic growth is widely acknowledged by both economists and policy-makers. Local governments can directly affect individuals’ decision making by subsidising human capital formation. The ability of a regional...