SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS  

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

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

WORKING PAPERS 

• Lanati M, Thiele R (2025) The Impact of Regional Growth on Internal Migration: A District Level Analysis for Malawi , DISEI Working Paper N. 15/2025

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