Processes of Immigrants’ Assimilation

In the first part of the one-day workshop we discussed empirical evidence drawn from a recent survey of migrants in Italy carried out between October 2009 and May 2010. The aim of the project was to collect data on loss of human capital for the countries of origin and on the assimilation of human capital in the host country. The survey was a joint initiative of EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), fRDB, Carlo Erminero&Co (the survey company) and Fondazione Alma Mater (for the second round interviews) . The afternoon session focused on immigrants’ assimilation in the host countries.

Programme (downlodable here):

Morning section:

• Tito Boeri, Marta De Philippis, Eleonora Patacchini and Michele Pellizzari
  “Moving to Segregation: Housing of Immigrants and Hiring Networks in 7 Italian cities”

• Vittorio Bassi
  “Legal Status and Integration Outcomes: Evidence from Italy”

• Alessandro Vecchiato
  “Religion and Integration: a first go”

Afternoon section:

• Giovanni Peri
  “The Wage Effects of Immigration and Emigration”

• Eleonora Patacchini
  “Ethnic Identity and Labor-Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Europe”
• Francesco Fasani
  “Crime and Immigration: Evidence from Large Immigrant Waves in the UK” (joint with B.Bell and S.Machin)