Research
Applied Microeconomics - Labour Economics - Political Economy - Development Economics
Applied Microeconomics - Labour Economics - Political Economy - Development Economics
UNPACKING SOCIAL CAPITAL
Economic Journal (2025)
with Ruben Durante, Nicola Mastrorocco, and Jim Snyder
(Download Paper - CEPR Discussion Paper)
Media coverage: Nada es Gratis
UNCOVERING THE ROOTS OF OBESITY-BASED WAGE DISCRIMINATION: THE ROLE OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Labour Economics (2023)
with Juan J. Dolado and Airam Guerra
(Download Paper - Working Paper version)
Media coverage: VoxEU
RISK ATTITUDES AND HOUSEHOLD MIGRATION DECISIONS
Journal of Human Resources (2023)
with Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, and Xin Meng
(Download preprint version - Paper - Appendix)
Media coverage: VoxEU
(THE STRUGGLE FOR) REFUGEE INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE
Journal of Economic Geography (2022)
with Francesco Fasani and Tommaso Frattini
(Download preprint version - Paper)
Media coverage: VoxEU and The Conversation
LIFT THE BAN? INITIAL EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS AND REFUGEE LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES
Journal of the European Economic Association (2021)
with Francesco Fasani and Tommaso Frattini
(Download Paper - Working Paper - JEEA teaching material)
Media coverage: VoxEU, CATO Institute, "NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks" Podcast, Open Migration, The Financial Times
NEWS MEDIA AND CRIME PERCEPTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM A NATURAL EXPERIMENT
Journal of Public Economics (2018)
with Nicola Mastrorocco
(Download Paper)
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SHOCKS, LABOUR REALLOCATION AND RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN CHINA
Journal of Economic Geography (2018)
(Download Paper)
ON THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF REFUGEE MIGRATION
Economic Policy (2017)
with Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, and Uta Schoenberg
(Download Paper)
Media coverage: VoxEU, World Economic Forum Blog and El Pais
Immigrant Diversity and Long-Run Development
with Rudi Rocha and Bruno Vigna
(Download RFBerlin – CReAM Discussion Paper No. 08/24, February 2024)
Social Capital and Immigration in the UK
with Maria Alexandra Castellanos and Dominic Joubert
The Effect of Internet on Social Capital: Evidence from New Italian Data
with Ruben Durante, Nicola Mastrorocco, and Jim Snyder
Atlas of Social Capital
with Ruben Durante, Nicola Mastrorocco, and Jim Snyder
On the Dynamics of Internal Displacement in Syria
with Andrea del Pizzo and Francesco Fasani
Timing of Regularization and Immigrant Assimilation
with Jesus Fernandez Huertas-Moraga
Renewable Energy and Local Development
with Natalia Fabra and Federico Tagliati
Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain.
Years: 2024-2029.
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Project: Inmigración, Diversidad e Integración - ImmDivInt (2023/00440/001).
Years: 2023-26. Principal Investigators: Luigi MInale and Jesus Fernandez-Huertas
2022 UC3M Social Council Excellence Award (prize amount: 15,000€).
Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Fellowship, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain.
Years: 2021-2024.
Research grant from the Fundación Ramón Areces for the project "An Economic Analysis of the Refugee Crisis in Europe.
Years: 2017-2020. Amount: 36,000€. Principal Investigator: Luigi Minale.
International Growth Centre (IGC) Grant awarded for a project on "Subjective Expectations, Labour Market Choices and Migration among University Students in Mozambique".
Years: 2016-2017. Amount: 45,000€. Principal Investigators: Luigi Minale and Mariapia Mendola.