Shaking Things Up: On the Stability of Risk and Time Preferences, joint with G. Charness, A. Dupuy and M. Joxhe PDF here. Non migration paper taking "benefit" of the occurrence of two earthquakes during a field experiment in Albania to revisit the impact of natural disasters on time and risk preferences.
Assessing the Role of Immigration Policies for Foreign Students: the case of Campus France, joint with L. Ragot. Evaluating the intended and unintended effects of a specific immigration program on foreign student enrolment in French universities.
Age, Desires and the Implicit Role of Out-selection Factors of International Migration. PDF here. Using Gallup World Poll Survey data, I show that the hump-shape relationship between age and observed emigration is mainly due to out-selection factors instead of self-selection ones.
Testing for IIA and Excess of Choice Reversals in Emigration Intentions: Evidence of a Field Experiment In Albania, joint with S. Bertoli and A. Dupuy. Using rankings of preferred destinations elicited in a field experiment in Albania, we test the validity of the IIA assumption and the existence of excessive choice reversals under different choice sets of destinations.
The Solution to the Immigrant Paradox: Aspirations and Expectations of Children of Migrants, joint with A-C. Montes-Vinas and S. Zanaj. We show that the over-performances of immigrant children in educational achievements in the US are related to a misalignment between expectations and aspirations. PDF here.
Emigration Prospects and Educational Choices: Evidence from the Lorraine-Luxembourg Corridor, joint with V. Fromentin and J. Sanchez Bachiller, link : https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2024/working-paper/emigration-prospects-and-educational-choices-evidence-lorraine
The Impact of a Possible Trump Reelection on Mexican Immigration Pressures in Alternative Countries, joint with M. Bierlaire, E. Paschalidis, S. Varotto and A. Vortisch. Link to CES IFO WP: https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2024/working-paper/impact-possible-trump-reelection-mexican-immigration-pressures
The Contribution of Foreign Master's Students to Start-ups in the US, joint with G. Peri and M. Raux, link to NBER Working paper : https://www.nber.org/papers/w33314 . Vox column, 4 February 2025 :
Estimating the impact of xenophobia on immigration: evidence from terrorist attacks, joint with E. Bacher and H. Rapoport, on going.