Policy
Policy Briefs
Do training programmes for teachers ease the integration of refugee children? Population Europe Policy Insight, Sept 2023. (Co-authored with Semih Tümen and Michael Vlassopoulos). NEW
Navigating uncertainty: Understanding the impact of Brexit on EU migration to the UK. CPC Policy Brief No 71, 2023. (Co-authored with and Valentina Di Iasio). NEW
Seeking asylum in Europe: Where do people go and why? CPC Policy Brief No 69, 2023. (Co-authored with and Valentina Di Iasio). NEW
Asylum seekers’ choice of country is mostly driven by personal networks, not economy, Policy Insight, Population Europe, March 2023. (Co-authored with and Valentina Di Iasio). NEW
Can the EU Attract Skills and Talent?, Policy Insight, Population Europe, May 2022.
Who cares about uncertainty in migration flows? Population & Policy Compact 35/2022. (Co-authored with Emily Barker, Jakub Bijak and Valentina Di Iasio)
Who benefits from return migration to developing countries? IZA World of Labor, 2022. (updated)
Empowering the NHS: Challenges for the pandemic University of Southampton, CPC (2020). Policy Brief 53. (Co-authored with Armine Ghazaryan and Corrado Giulietti). [Link to Full Report]
International students in the UK and Brexit, October 2020, University of Southampton, CPC Briefing Paper, Series Number: 59. (Co-authored with Corrado Giulietti). The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Influx on the Jordanian Labour Market, May 2018, ERF Policy Brief no 33
Intentions and outcomes of graduating international students, October 2018, University of Southampton, CPC Briefing Paper, Series Number: 43. (Co-authored with Jane Falkingham, Corrado Giulietti and Chuhong Wang).
International Students in the UK: Perspective and Plans, CPC Policy Brief, 2017 (Co-authored with J. Falkingham, C. Giulietti and C. Wang)
Does Unemployment cause return migration?, CPC Policy Briefing, June 2011.
Migration Policy and Welfare State in Europe, CESifo DICE Report, Winter 4/2011. (Co-authored with A. Razin).
Selected Policy Reports
Labour Markets Performance and Migration Flows in Arab Mediterranean Countries: Determinants and Effects, 2010, for the European Commission. [Full Report] [My Chapter on Egypt]
International migration, education and market failure in MENA, 2008: for the World Bank. [Full Report] [My chapter]
Employment Policy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa, 2005: for ETF. See Chapter 3 [PDF]
World Bank Report on MENA labour markets Unlocking the Employment Potential in the Middle East and North Africa”- 2004.
On the macroeconomic impact of remittances on the home country, 2005: for OECD, Ch 9.