Research
Publications
Climate Variability and world-wide migration. Current evidence and future projections (with S. Dasgupta, F. Farinosi and E. Massetti). Environmental Research Letters
Out-group penalties in refugee assistance: A survey experiment (with D. Grieco, N. Lacetera, M. Macis). R&R Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Widening the scope: The direct and spillover effects of nudging water efficiency in the presence of other behavioral interventions (with J. Bonan, G. d’Adda, A. Galliera, M. Tavoni), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024
Heat of the Moment: How Temperature Influences the Search and Purchase of Energy-Using Appliances (with J. Bonan, G. d’Adda, M. Tavoni), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024
Climate Change, International Migration, and Interstate Conflict (with T. Foreman), Ecological Economics, 2023
Turning opposition into support to immigration: the role of narratives (with D. Grieco) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021
Can social information programs be more effective? The role of environmental identity for energy conservation (with J. Bonan; G. d’Adda and M. Tavoni). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 108 (2021)
Energy Efficiency and the Role of Energy-Related Financial Literacy: Evidence from the European Residential Sector (with A. Obrist; N. Boogen; M. Filippini), Energy Efficiency, 14(4), 2021
Should they stay or should they go? Climate Migrants and Local Conflicts (with V. Bosetti and G. Peri), Journal of Economic Geography, 2021
The interaction of descriptive and injunctive social norms in promoting energy conservation (with J. Bonan; G. d’Adda and M. Tavoni), Nature Energy, 2020
Combining information on others’ energy usage and their approval of energy conservation promotes energy saving behaviour (with J. Bonan; G. d’Adda and M. Tavoni), Nature Energy, 2020
Migrant networks and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 9, 907-908, 2019
Does harmful climate increase or decrease migration? Evidence from Rural Households in Nigeria (with Emanuele Massetti). Climate Change Economics, 10(4), 2019
Human Migration in the Era of Climate Change (with Beine, Fröhlich, Kniveton, Martinez-Zarzoso, Mastrorillo, Millock, Piguet, Schraven). Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 13(2), 189–206, 2019
Internal and external barriers to energy efficiency: which role for policy interventions? Energy Efficiency, 12(5), 1293–1311, 2019
Climate-induced international migration and conflicts, with V. Bosetti. Cesifo Economic Studies, 63(4), 500-528, 2017
Opting in to opt out? Emigration and Group participation in Albania. International Migration Review, 50(4), 1046-1075, 2016
The Migration Response to Increasing Temperatures, with G. Peri. Journal of Development Economics, 122, 127-146, 2016.
Migration of Skilled Workers and Innovation: A European Perspective, with V. Bosetti and E. Verdolini. Journal of International Economics, 96(2), 311-322, 2015
What Happens to the Careers of European Workers When Immigrants "Take Their Jobs"?, with C. Fiorio and G. Peri. Journal of Human Resources, 50(3), 655-693, 2015
Immigration and Careers of European Workers: Effects and the Role of Policies, with C. Fiorio and G. Peri. IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2:17, 2013
Migrants’ transfers and educational expenditure: an empirical evidence from Albania. Economics of Transition, 20(1), 163-193, 2012
Industrial Coal Demand in China: a Provincial Analysis, with M. Manera and E. Scarpa. Resources and Energy Economics, 33(1), 12-35, 2011
International Migration, the Brain Drain and Poverty: a Cross Country Analysis. World Economy, 32(8), 1180-1202, 2009
The Determinants of Actual Migration and the Role of Wages and Unemployment in Albania: an Empirical Analysis. European Journal of Comparative Economics, 5(1), 3-32, 2008
Working papers
Qualitative Scenario Building for Post-Carbon Cities (joint with Margaretha Breil and Katie Johnson), FEEM Working Paper No. 102.2015
Which Factors Explain the Rising Ethnic Heterogeneity in Italy? An Empirical Analysis at Province Level, FEEM Working Paper N. 2014.034, 2014
Multicultural Cities, Communication and Transportation Improvements. An Empirical Analysis for Italy, FEEM Working paper N. 2012.068, 2012
Energy efficiency in Europe: trends, convergence and policy effectiveness (joint with A. Bigano, A Bastianin, A. Lanza, M. Manera, A. Markandya, R. Ortiz, M. Plotegher and F. Sferra, MPRA Working Paper, 2009
The Self-Selection in the Migration Process: What Can We Learn?”, LIUC Working Paper n.199, 2007