"The Economics of Diversity, Migration, and Culture"

Bologna, September 22-23, 2006

Organizers: Graziella Bertocchi and Gianmarco Ottaviano

PAPERS

Jeffrey G. Williamson (Harvard University)

Poverty Traps, Distance, and Diversity: The Migration Connection

Alberto Bisin (New York University)

‘Bend It Like Beckham’: Identity, Socialization, and Assimilation

with Eleonora Patacchini (University of Rome La Sapienza), Thierry Verdier (PSE) and Yves Zenou (IUI)

Maristella Botticini (University of Turin)

From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History

with Zvi Eckstein (Tel Aviv University)

Mariapia Mendola (University of Milan)

Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households: Complements or Substitutes?

Raquel Fernandez (New York University)

Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility

with Alessandra Fogli (New York University)

Luigi Guiso (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

Does Culture Affects Economic Outcomes?

with Paola Sapienza (Northwestern University) and Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago)

Giorgio Bellettini and Carlotta Berti Ceroni (University of Bologna)

Can the Union Hurt the Workers?A Positive Analysis of Immigration Policy

Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Strozzi (University of Modena)

The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants

Timothy J. Hatton (University of Essex)

Immigrants Assimilate as Communities, not just as Individuals

with Andrew Leigh (Australian National University)

Riccardo Faini (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

The Social Assimilation of Immigrants

with Domenico de Palo (University of Rome Tor Vergata) and Alessandra Venturini (University of Turin)

Eleonora Patacchini (University of Rome La Sapienza)

The Dynamics of the Racial Test Score Gap During the School Years in Britain

with Yves Zenou (IUI)

Giorgio Barba Navaretti (University of Milan)

Offshoring and Immigrant Employment: Firm-level Theory and Evidence

with Giuseppe Bertola and Alessandro Sembenelli (University of Turin)

Albert Saiz (University of Pennsylvania)

Immigration and the Neighborhood

with Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania)

Yves Zenou (IUI)

Racial Identity and Education

with Eleonora Patacchini (University of Rome La Sapienza)

Antonio Spilimbergo (IMF)

Genetic, Cultural and Geographical Distances

with Paola Giuliano (IMF) and Giovanni Tonon (Harvard University)

Marina Murat and Barbara Pistoresi (University of Modena)

Links between Migration and Trade: Evidence from Italy

Gianmarco Ottaviano (University of Bologna)

Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages

with Giovanni Peri (University of California Davis)