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- Publications
- Influence
Crime and Immigration: Evidence from Large Immigrant Waves
- B. Bell, F. Fasani, S. Machin
- Economics, Political Science
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- 30 September 2013
This paper focuses on empirical connections between crime and immigration, studying two large waves of recent U.K. immigration (the late 1990s/early 2000s asylum seekers and the post-2004 inflow from… Expand
On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration
- C. Dustmann, F. Fasani, T. Frattini, L. Minale, U. Schoenberg
- Political Science
- 1 September 2016
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for… Expand
The Effect of Local Area Crime on Mental Health
- C. Dustmann, F. Fasani
- Economics, Psychology
- 1 June 2016
This paper analyses the effect of local crime rates on the mental well-being of residents. Our identification strategy addresses the problem of sorting, and endogenous moving behaviour. We find that… Expand
Risk Attitudes and Household Migration Decisions
- C. Dustmann, F. Fasani, X. Meng, L. Minale
- Economics
- 1 February 2017
This paper analyses the relation between individual migrations and the risk attitudes of other household members when migration is a household decision. We develop a simple model that implies that… Expand
Feeling useless: the effect of unemployment on mental health in the Great Recession
- L. Farré, F. Fasani, H. Mueller
- Economics
- 1 August 2018
This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental distress using data from the Spanish National Health Survey. We exploit the collapse of the construction sector to identify… Expand
(The Struggle for) Refugee Integration into the Labour Market: Evidence from Europe
- F. Fasani, T. Frattini, L. Minale
- Political Science
- 1 February 2018
In this paper, we use repeated cross-sectional survey data to study the labour market performance of refugees across several EU countries and over time. In the first part, we document that labour… Expand
Media Exposure and Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia
This paper investigates the impact of television on internal migration in Indonesia. We exploit the differential introduction of private television throughout the country and the variation in signal… Expand
Understanding the Role of Immigrants' Legal Status: Evidence from Policy Experiments
- F. Fasani
- Economics
- 1 September 2015
Programs aimed at reducing the presence of unauthorised immigrants are often at the core of the migration policy debate in host countries. In recent years, a growing body of empirical literature has… Expand
Illegal Migration and Consumption Behavior of Immigrant Households
- C. Dustmann, F. Fasani, Biagio Speciale
- Geography, Economics
- 1 March 2016
We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting… Expand
Employment of Undocumented Immigrants and the Prospect of Legal Status: Evidence from an Amnesty Program
- C. Devillanova, F. Fasani, T. Frattini
- Political Science
- 1 August 2018
This article estimates the causal effect of the prospect of legal status on the employment outcomes of undocumented immigrants. The identification strategy exploits a natural experiment provided by… Expand