Publications

Journal Articles 

ZANNELLA M. AMBROSETTI E., EDWARDS J.R., (in press), Perceived social exclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic: a European perspective. Social Indicators Research

BODO M., PAPARUSSO A., AMBROSETTI E. (2025), Exploring the Nexus Between Life Satisfaction and Institutional Trust: Evidence From Italian and Foreign Citizens. Population, Space & Place. doi.org/10.1002/psp.70120 

AMBROSETTI E., MICCOLI S., (2025), The perceptions about the immigration phenomenon communicated through social media platforms in Italy. Journal of International Migration and Integration. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12134-025-01246-0

FORESTA D., AMBROSETTI E., (2025), Comparing Risky Behaviours Among Teenagers With Native or Immigrant Parents in Italy. Journal of Early Adolescence. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02724316251322706 

VENTRE C., AMBROSETTI E., (2024) Vulnerable women population during the COVID-19 pandemic, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI ECONOMIA, DEMOGRAFIA E STATISTICA. - ISSN 0035-6832. - LXXVII - 3 July-September 2023, pp. 139-150.

AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A., (2023). What is the Relationship Between the Perceived Quality of Neighbourhood and the Self-reported Life Satisfaction in Immigrants Versus Natives in Europe? Journal of International Migration and Integration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-023-01104-x 

AMBROSETTI E., LICARI F., MICCOLI S., REYNAUD C., (2023). The impact of L'Aquila earthquake on demographic changes. Population, Space and Place. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2689 

MICCOLI S., AMBROSETTI E., (2023). The perceptions of migration during the pandemic: what Twitter data tell us? Migration Letters. https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v20i2.2879 

AMBROSETTI E., BETTIN G., CELA E., PAPARUSSO A., (2022). Subjective well-being and school outcomes among children of immigrants and natives in Italy. Population, Space and Place. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2639  

MAHONEY J., LE LOUVIER K., LAWSON S., BERTEL D., AMBROSETTI E., (2022). Ethical considerations in social media analytics in the context of migration: lessons learned from a Horizon 2020 project. Research Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161221087542 

AMBROSETTI E., ORTENSI L. E., CASTAGNARO C., ATTILI M. (2022), Skewed sex ratios at birth in Italian migrant populations: evidence from a longitudinal register 1980-2017. European Journal of Population. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-022-09612-9 

DOIGNON Y., AMBROSETTI E., MICCOLI S. (2021), The spatial diffusion of fertility decline in Egypt (1950-2006). Genus.  77, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00131-9

AMBROSETTI E., DIETRICH H, KOSYAKOVA Y., PATZINA A. (2021), The impact of pre- and post arrival mechanisms on self-rated health and life satisfaction among refugees in Germany. Frontiers in Sociology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.693518 

AMBROSETTI E., NOVELLI M. ANGELI A., (2021). Childbearing intentions among Egyptian Men and Women: economic, cultural and political constraints. Demographic Research. https://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.51

ORTENSI L. E., AMBROSETTI E., (2021). Even worse than the undocumented? Assessing the refugees’ integration in the labour market of Lombardy (Italy) in 2001-2014. International Migration. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12884 

AMBROSETTI E., MICCOLI S., STRANGIO D. (2021). Africa. Migrations between perceptions and data production in the long run. Journal of European Economic History. L (1), 207-237 https://www.jeeh.it/articolo?urn=urn:abi:abi:RIV.JOU:2021;1.207&ev=1

AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A.  (2020). What are the main factors associated with immigrants’ subjective well-being in Italy? Evidence from self-reported life satisfaction. International Migration. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12780 

AMBROSETTI E. (2020). Demographic challenges in the Mediterranean. In: IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2020, 300-304

AMBROSETTI E., ANGELI A., NOVELLI M. (2019). Ideal Family Size and Fertility in Egypt: An Overview of Recent Trends. Statistica, LXXIX (2), 223-244, https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/8811

AMBROSETTI, E., & PAPARUSSO, A. (2018). ‪ Migrants or Refugees? The Evolving Governance of Migration Flows in Italy during the “Refugee Crisis”‪. Revue europeenne des migrations internationales, 34(1), 151-171. 

PAPARUSSO A., AMBROSETTI E. (2017). To stay or to return? Return migration intentions of Moroccans in Italy. International Migration, ISSN: 1468-2435, doi: 10.1111/imig.12375

PAPARUSSO A., FOKKEMA T., AMBROSETTI E. (2017). Immigration policies in Italy: their impact on the lives of first-generation Moroccan and Egyptian migrants. Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 18, p. 499-546, ISSN: 1488-3473, doi: 10.1007/s12134-016-0485-x

WIHTOL DE WENDEN C., AMBROSETTI E. (2016). Borders, refugees and migration: what right to mobility in the Mediterranean? Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica, vol. 2, p. 5-14, ISSN: 0035-6832

AMBROSETTI E., PETRILLO E. R. (2016). Environmental Disasters, Migration and Displacement. Insights and developments from L'Aquila's case. Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 56, No. 2, p. 80-88, ISSN: 1462-9011, doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.11.002

AMBROSETTI, E., ORTENSI, L. E., CASTAGNARO, C., & ATTILI, M. (2015). Sex imbalances at birth in migratory context: evidence from Italy. Genus, 71(2-3), p.29-51, ISSN: 2035-5556. 

AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2014). Which Future for Migration in Europe? A Brief Analysis of the EU Migration Policies in the Mediterranean Area,  Annali del Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli per l’economia, il Territorio e la Finanza, p.13-28. ISSN: 2385-0825. 

AMBROSETTI E., CELA E., FOKKEMA T. (2013). The Differential Impact of The Legal Status Of Migrants In Italy On Transnationalism: Just A Matter Of Time And Integration? Journal of Mediterranean Studies (ISSN 1016-3476), Vol.22, No.1, p. 33-60. 

PREMAZZI V., AMBROSETTI E., FOKKEMA T., CELA E. (2013). The Arab Spring and the return intention of Egyptian migrants living in Italy. International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (ISSN:1855-3362), n° 6, p. 109- 131. 

FOKKEMA T., CELA E., AMBROSETTI E.  (2013). Le rimesse delle seconde generazioni in Europa: altruismo o interesse personale?  Mondi Migranti, n° 3, p. 181-197 (ISSN: 1972-4888), doi: 10.3280/MM2013-003008

FOKKEMA T., CELA E., AMBROSETTI E. (2013). Giving from the heart or from the ego? Motives behind remittances of the second generation in Europe International Migration Review p. 539- 572, vol. 47 (3); ISSN:0197-9183, doi: 10.1111/imre.12032 

CELA E., FOKKEMA T., AMBROSETTI E. (2013). Variation in transnationalism among Eastern European migrants in Italy: The role of duration of residence and integration.  Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies p. 195- 209, vol. 13 (2); ISSN:1468-3857, doi: 10.110.1080/14683857.2013.789671 

AMBROSETTI E.; ABU AMARA N.; CONDON S. (2013). Gender- based violence in Egypt: analyzing impacts of political reforms, social and demographic change. Violence Against Women p. 399- 420, vol. 19 (3) ISSN:1077-8012, doi: 10.1177/1077801213486329

Book chapters 

AMBROSETTI E. (2022). Europe: Low Fertility, Aging, and Migration Policies. In: May J., F., Goldstone J. A. (eds) International Handbook of Population Policies. Springer, pp. 313-335. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-02040-7_14

MEHTAB K., AMBROSETTI E., OUADAH-BEDIDI Z. (2022) Demographic Features in West Asia and North African Countries: The Impact of Population Policies.  In: May J., F., Goldstone J. A. (eds) International Handbook of Population Policies. Springer, pp. 229-254. 

AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2020) Subjective Well-Being of Immigrants in Italy. In: Edited by Maggino F., Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_104656-1 

AMBROSETTI, E., LA VALLE, M. H. (2019). Le vieillissement actif en Italie: une analyse par genre et par territoire. In: Edited by Blöss Thierry, Widmer Blöss Isabelle, Penser le vieillissement en Méditerranée Données, processus et liens sociaux, Paris: Karthala, p. 219-244, ISBN: 9782811125189. 

AMBROSETTI E., STRANGIO D. (2018). Public policies toward the family in Italy: an analysis of evolution of the Italian welfare state and its impact on gender and generations. In: Edited by Blöss Thierry, Widmer Blöss Isabelle, Ambrosetti Elena, Pagès Michèle, Oliveau Sébastien, Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crisis: The New People of the Mediterranean, p. 117-133, London: Routledge, ISBN: 9781138040267 

BLÖSS-WIDMER I., AMBROSETTI E., OLIVEAU S. (2018). Population aging: Factors, convergences and uncertainties in the Mediterranean In: Edited by Blöss Thierry, Widmer Blöss Isabelle, Ambrosetti Elena, Pagès Michèle, Oliveau Sébastien, Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crisis: The New People of the Mediterranean, p. 11-18, London: Routledge, ISBN: 9781138040267 

BLÖSS T., AMBROSETTI E. (2018). Age, sex and social trajectories: The contradicting emancipation of women in the Mediterranean societies In: Edited by Blöss Thierry, Widmer Blöss Isabelle, Ambrosetti Elena, Pagès Michèle, Oliveau Sébastien, Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crisis: The New People of the Mediterranean, p. 189-194, London: Routledge, ISBN: 9781138040267 

AMBROSETTI E., PETRILLO E.R. (2017). On the Far Side of Crisis: Moving Beyond a Security-Based Migration Approach in the EU, in Edited by Bertelsmann Stiftung “Escaping the Escape Towards Solutions for the Migrant Crisis”, p. 15-33, Rutgers University Press, ISBN: 9783867937498

CELA E., FOKKEMA T., AMBROSETTI E. (2017). Variation in transnationalism among Eastern European migrants in Italy: the role of duration of residence and integration. In Edited by Russell King, Maja Povrzanović Frykman, Julie Vullnetari. Migration, Transnationalism and Development in South-East Europe and the Black Sea Region, p. 71-85, Routledge, ISBN: 9781138695726

AMBROSETTI, E., and STRANGIO D. (2016). Introduction. In: Edited by Elena Ambrosetti, Donatella Strangio and Catherine Wihtol de Wenden. Migration in the Mediterranean: Socio-economic Perspectives, p. xxiii-xxvi, Routledge, ISBN: 9781138642492

AMBROSETTI, E., and STRANGIO D. (2016). Migration in the Mediterranean across disciplines. In: Edited by Elena Ambrosetti, Donatella Strangio and Catherine Wihtol de Wenden. Migration in the Mediterranean: Socio-economic Perspectives, p. 3-14, Routledge, ISBN: 9781138642492

AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2016). Immigration policies in the EU: failure or success? Evidences from Italy. In: Edited by Strangio Donatella and Sancetta Giuseppe. Italy in a European Context. p. 28-49, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 9781137560766

AMBROSETTI E., PETRILLO E.R., RICUCCI R. (2016). I minori non accompagnati a Roma: il caso degli egiziani. In: a cura di Centro Studi e Ricerche IDOS e Istituto di Studi Politici San Pio V. Osservatorio Romano sulle Migrazioni- XI Rapporto. p. 161-168, ROMA: Idos edizioni, ISBN: 9788864800523

AMBROSETTI E.  (2015). Le point sur les données. In: (sous la direction de) Catherine WIHTOL DE WENDEN Camille SCHMOLL Hélène THIOLLET. Migrations en Méditerranée. p. 31-49, Parigi: CNRS EDITIONS, ISBN: 978-2-271-08558-0

AMBROSETTI E., CELA E. (2015). Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Italy. In: Saenz, Rogelio; Rodriguez, Nestor; Embrick, David (Eds.). The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity, Springer, New York; ISBN: 9789048188901

CELA E, AMBROSETTI E., GRAVINA A (2010). A CASE STUDY OF MULTIACTORS GOVERNANCE ON MIGRATION POLICIES. In: BRIGITTE COLIN, BENGI KADIOGLU (EDITED BY). How to enhance inclusiveness for international migrants in our cities: various stakeholders’ views. vol. 61, p. 20-29, PARIS: UNESCO and UN-HABITAT 

Monographs

DOIGNON Y., AMBROSETTI E., BLOSS-WIDMER I. and OLIVEAU S., (2023), Population dynamics in the Mediterranean: A demographic convergence? SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 161 p., ISBN 978-3-031-37758-7, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37759-4

AMBROSETTI E., STRANGIO D. (2015). Italiani in movimento. Ripensare l'emigrazione italiana in Argentina, Roma: Edizioni Nuova Cultura, vol. 3, 137 p., ISBN: 978-88-6812-379-6 

AMBROSETTI E. (2011). Egypte, l'exception démographique. PARIS: Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Les Cahiers de l’Ined, vol. 66, 256 p., ISBN: 978-2-7332-0167-1 

Edited books 

AMBROSETTI E., BAZAGA I., et al. (Edited by) (2025). How do migrants imagine Europe? Insight from the H2020 Project PERCEPTIONS, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma. 

BLOSS T., WIDMER BLOSS I., AMBROSETTI E., PAGES M., OLIVEAU S. (Edited by) (2018) Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crisis: The New People of the Mediterranean, London: Routledge, ISBN: 978113804026-7 

AMBROSETTI E., STRANGIO D. and C. WIHTOL DE WENDEN (Edited by) (2016). Migration in the Mediterranean: Socio-economic Perspectives, London: Routledge, ISBN: 9781138642492

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