SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS  

• Mobile internet access and student migration, with Alexander Yarkin and Jerome Gonnot

• The Impact of Regional Growth on Internal Migration: A District Level Analysis for Malawi, joint with Rainer Thiele

• EU funds and Labour Demand at Provincial Level, joint with Giorgia Giovannetti, Annalisa Luporini and Lisa Grazzini

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

1. Gonnot J., Lanati M. (2025) Visa Policy and International Student Migration: Evidence from the Student Partners Program in Canada. Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2025, Pages 255–291

2. Lanati M, Thiele R (2024), South-South refugee movements: Do pull factors play a role? Economics & Politics, 1–31. ISSN: 1468-0343 

3. Lanati M, Thiele R (2023), The Link between Economic Growth and Emigration from Developing Countries: Does Migrants’ Skill Composition Matter?, Kyklos, 1-36. ISSN: 0023-5962 

4. Lanati M, M. Sanfilippo and F. Santi (2022), Aid and Internal Migration in Malawi, World Development, Volume 162, 106134, ISSN 0305-750X

5. Lanati M, Thiele R (2021). Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers, Journal of International Development, 1– 29, ISSN 0954-1748

6. Lanati M. Venturini A. (2021) Cultural Change and The Migration Choice, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), ISSN: 1610-2878

7. Fiorini M.  Giovannetti G.  Lanati M.  Santi F.  (2021) Asymmetric Cultural Proximity and Greenfield FDI, The World Economy, ISSN: 0378-5920

8. Lanati M, Thiele R (2020) International Student Flows from Developing Countries: Do Donors Have an Impact? Economics of Education Review, vol. 77, ISSN: 0272-7757

9. Lanati M, Thiele R (2020). Foreign Assistance and Emigration: Accounting for the Role of Non-Transferred Aid. The World Economy, vol. 43, p.1951–1976, ISSN: 0378-5920

10. Lanati M, Thiele R (2018). The Impact of Foreign Aid on Migration Revisited. World Development, vol. 111, p. 59-74, ISSN: 0305-750X

11. Lanati M, Thiele R (2018). Foreign assistance and migration choices: Disentangling the channels. Economics Letters, vol. 172, p. 148-151, ISSN: 0165-1765

12. Giovannetti G, Lanati M (2017). Do High‐Skill Immigrants trigger High‐Quality Trade? The World Economy, vol. 40, p. 1345-1380, ISSN: 0378-5920