Publications (from most recent)
Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers (with S. Giunti, M. Mendola and G. Tura), Journal of Public Economics, Volume 250, October 2025, 105467.
Intended College Major Choice and the Inheritance of Majors (with G. Brunello, E. Lodigiani, M. Miotto, L. Rocco), Economic Letters, Volume 255, September 2025, 112558.
The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy (with S. Giunti and M. Mendola), European Economic Review, Volume 168, September 2024, 104826. Media coverage: La Repubblica, Il Foglio, Libero, Redattore sociale, Vie di fuga, Stranieri in Italia, Il Tempo, La Sicilia, Vita, Affari Italiani, Yahoo!, Amnesty International Italia, ActionAid Italia, LaVoce.info, Openpolis (data collection pitch).
The Impact of Migration on Productivity: Evidence from the United Kingdom (with G. Forte and J. Portes), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 24, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 537-564.
Business is Tense: New Evidence on How Language Affects Economic Activity (with L. Nunziata and L. Rocco), Journal of Economic Growth, Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 121–149.
Talents and Cultures: Immigrant Inventors and Ethnic Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration (with M. Mendola, A. Morrison and G.I.P. Ottaviano), Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 20, Issue 5, October 2022, Pages 1971–2012.
Working papers
There will be blood: The Impact of Drug Traffic on Violence and Economic Well-being (with F. Maggio), Marco Fanno WP 329.
Work in progress
Informed Educational Choice (with G. Brunello, E. Lodigiani, M. Miotto and L. Rocco).
Immigration and Native Women Fertility in Italy (with S. Giunti, M. Mendola and L. Rocco).
Policy
The socio-economic impact of immigration and refugees in Italy (with S. Giunti and M. Mendola), 2021, background paper commissioned by the World Bank.
The economic contribution of Indian migrants to the EU: Two sector case studies (with E. Oomen and J. Portes), [paper], 2020, report commissioned by International Labour Organization.
The Impact of Migration on Productivity and Native-born Workers’ Training (with G. Forte and J. Portes), IZA DP No. 11833, 2018, in EEA migration in the UK: Final report, UK Home Office’s Migration Advisory Committee report on the impact of EEA migration in the UK.