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...

The aim of the research is to introduce a generational stock-flow model to estimate international migration needs and provide long terms demographic forecasts in which migration is an endogenous variables determined by demographic trends and additional labor demand. At the empirical levels, it...

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...

This work is aimed to investigate factors affecting the decision to remit and to study the motives to employ remittances for investment purposes. To contribute to the discussion on these issues, we decided to integrate the current interpretative framework with new variables which are able to...

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...

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...

The paper provides an analysis of labour mobility in Italy, with a joint analysis of residence transfers and "long-range� commuting. In the period 1990-2005, migration inflows have increased in the Centre North, both in short- and long-range component. In the South, by contrast, the low...

General government activity in the field of education has recently assumed new interest due to the importance of two analytical objectives: a) the existence of substitution or complementary processes between public and private expenditure in education; b) the importance of public expenditure in...

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro esamina il contributo della demografia alla crescita economica confrontando l'Italia del passato, quella di oggi e quella che vivremo in futuro. Attraverso una scomposizione contabile della crescita del PIL e del PIL pro capite si mostra come le modifiche nella...

Italian Abstract: Rispetto a pandemie del passato, l’effetto della mortalità da Covid-19 sulla struttura demografica dovrebbe risultare più contenuto. Allo stesso tempo, potrebbero pesare in misura significativa gli effetti comportamentali della crisi economica associata alla pandemia, in...