Tommaso Frattini

"Forced Migration and Human Capital: Insights from Economic History" by Sascha O. Becker This masterclass, led by Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick, Monash University, and RFBerlin), explores the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens. Building on influe...

🚨 Only a few days left to apply for the next RFBerlin Masterclass!

Join @essobecker.bsky.social for two days of in-depth teaching on the economic consequences of forced migration through a historical lens.
www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on Saturday A child is believed to have died while trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, according to French reports. The body of the teenager, who was believed to have fallen from a dinghy, was discovered on a beach in northern France on Sunday. The death follows those of three other people on Saturday who were trying to reach the UK – two Somali women who were reportedly crushed in a boat, and a man whose body was recovered from a canal in the town of Gravelines, near Dunkirk. Continue reading...

Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat

Submissions for the 2nd RFBerlin Migration Forum are now open! Please send your papers by November 2.

Keynote lectures by Nancy Qian & Mathias Thoenig.

See you in Berlin on March 26-27 2026.

Graph of the age distribution of natives, mixed, second- and first-generation immigrants in EU14 countries. Second-generation immigrants make up the largest share of the 0-14 age group with more than 40%. The successful integration of second-generation immigrants into education and employment is essential for Europe’s long-term social and economic cohesion. This column uses the results of the latest edition of the European Labour Force Survey to assess the demographic profile, educational attainment, and employment outcomes of second-generation immigrants, finding that they tend to be younger and less educated than the children of native-born parents. While this helps explain their concentration in low-quality jobs, it does not fully account for their lower overall employment rates. This suggests the existence of structural barriers that affect them regardless of their educational qualifications.

@tomfratti.bsky.social & Gabriele Cugini find that second-generation immigrants in Europe tend to be younger and less educated than the children of native-born parents and that structural barriers affect them regardless of their educational qualifications.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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15th Annual International Conference on Immigration in OECD Countries - December 11 & 12.
Submit your paper by September 15 at:
🔗 immigoecd15.sciencesconf.org @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @cepii-paris.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social @liser-cb.bsky.social . Feel free to share!

🆕 New CReAM-RFBerlin Report: @tomfratti.bsky.social and Giuseppe Pulito analyze recent trends on the employment of migrants in the European Union. 🧵https://www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/RFBerlin_CReAM_Report072025_Employment-of-Migrants.pdf

Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian Voters will decide whether or not to slash residency requirements for citizenship, against the government’s wishes

Good piece from the FT on Italy’s current citizenship referendum
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on.ft.com/4n5YdZ8 Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian

✨ Check out this @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social post on why this weekend’s referendum in Italy on making citizenship more accessible to non-EU migrants matters. With lots of links to various studies @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @gathmannch.bsky.social @steinhardt.bsky.social @tomfratti.bsky.social

Grafico che riporta l'evoluzione tra il 1990 e il 2024 del requisito minimo di anni di residenza previsto in ciascun paese europeo per potere accedere alla cittadinanza.

L'8 e il 9 giugno in Italia si vota per cinque referendum.

Con @ffasani.bsky.social su La Voce abbiamo spiegato perché il Sì al quesito sulla #cittadinanza beneficerebbe tutti, e ci farebbe fare un passo avanti (anche se riportandoci ad una legge del 1912!).
lavoce.info/archives/107...

If you did not have a chance to attend today’s presentation of the 9th Migration Observatory Report at Sciences Po, here’s an excellent live coverage. Thanks @o.simardcasanova.net for that!
And thanks @msafi.bsky.social and @jeromevalette.bsky.social for the engaging discussion.

GMIH Deputy Director @tomfratti.bsky.social will outline the key findings of the 9th LdA-CCA Migration Observatory Report "Immigrant Integration in Europe".
📆 13 May 2025 🕔 5 PM
📍Sciences Po Paris

📢 WE are hiring a Professor in Labor Economics at JKU Linz!

Come and join us! We are a young and active department with a strong focus in applied econ.

Link: tinyurl.com/jkulabor

Please help us spread the word and RT.

Join us in Paris @sciencespo.bsky.social for the presentation of the 9th Migration Observatory report and the roundtable with @msafi.bsky.social & @jeromevalette.bsky.social

When: 📅 May 13 🕔 5pm

All info and registration here: 👇
mailchi.mp/cepr/9th-mig...

⚠️‼️Are you interested in migration, migration policy, data, communication?

Check out this job opening at @rfberlin.bsky.social 👇👇
www.rfberlin.com/job/research...

Looking forward to receiving many applications!

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Your reminder that the deadline for paper submissions to the 40th conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economics (AIEL) is tomorrow: don't miss it!
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🚨Call for Papers: 🚀40th Conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economics (AIEL)
📅18-20 September 2025, Milan

🗣️Keynote: Ghazala Azmat (@sciencespo) & @kirabojackson.bsky.social (@NorthwesternU)

ℹ️Info: aiel.it/Home/Events?...
⏰Deadline: 15 April 2025

! major development: Italian gov restricts by decree transmission of citizenship abroad to 2 generations:

From now on if you are born abroad only Italian if: parent or grandparent born in Italy. Or if parent has resided in 🇮🇹 2 yrs before you were born

+ other restrictions upcoming (see 🧵 & below)

The applications for the 4th Junior Economists Meeting (UniMi-JEM25) are now open. The JEM is a yearly workshop organised by the University of Milan that offers a unique opportunity for Ph.D. students and early-career researchers working on applied topics (applied micro, experimental and behavioural economics) to present and discuss their work. The 4th edition of the workshop will take place in Milan on the 29th and 30th of May 2025 and will feature a keynote speech by Prof. Mathieu Couttenier (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon). Applicants should apply by sending a complete draft or extended abstract through the submission form below before the 16th of March (preliminary works are accepted). There is no conference fee. Invited speakers can apply for financial assistance for accommodation and travel expenses. Participants will only be eligible to receive financial assistance if they have indicated this in the application form. Presentations will last for 30 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion and a 5-minute Q&A. The event will begin around 2 pm on Thursday (May 29th) and end around 5 pm on Friday (May 30th). Date and location of the event: Milan, May 29-30th 2025. Deadline for application: March 16th. Notification of acceptance: April 14th. Submission form: https://forms.gle/J7TrD9HAEyjXKdcp9 Website: https://demm.unimi.it/en/call-applications-4th-junior-economists-meeting-unimi-jem25 Info: jem@unimi.it, simone.ferro@unimi.it, filippo.passerini@unimi.it --- Organizing Committee: Simone Ferro and Filippo Passerini Scientific Committee: Jacopo Bassetto, Simone Ferro, Sara Giunti, Filippo Passerini, Veronica Rattini, Andrea Riganti, Alessio Romarri, and Giovanna Scarchilli

‼️⚠️ Attention early career economists! ⚠️‼️

Last days to apply for #JEM25: demm.unimi.it/en/call-appl...
Submit your work in applied econ and join us in beautiful Milan on May 29-30.

Keynote speaker: Prof Mathieu Couttenier (ENS Lyon)

Deadline for applications: March 16, 2025

The Majority of Ukrainians Wish to Stay in Denmark The temporary protection scheme for Ukrainians in Denmark, like in the broader EU, is designed with the expectation that Ukrainians return once the war in Ukraine ends. This policy has been the legal ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and @rockwoolfonden.dk find that the majority of Ukrainians in Denmark wish to stay, even when the war no longer poses a threat to their hometowns. www.rfberlin.com/ukrainians-s...

#Econsky 🎉 Excited that my first post is about #JEM25! The call for applications is now open - deadline: March 16. Join us in Milan on May 29-30, 2025, for a great workshop in applied micro, experimental & behavioral econ. Keynote: Prof. Mathieu Couttenier (ENS Lyon). 👉 demm.unimi.it/en/call-appl...

Anche stavolta i migranti portati in Albania dovranno tornare in Italia - Il Post La Corte di appello di Roma non ha convalidato il trattenimento di 43 persone, sempre per via della questione dei “paesi sicuri” di provenienza

Terzo fiasco. La Corte di Appello non ha convalidato nemmeno questa volta il trattenimento dei migranti portati in Albania dalla Marina italiana.
www.ilpost.it/2025/01/31/c...

🚨Aggiornamento: Almasri/Osama al Najim è già stato scarcerato per un cavillo burocratico ed è tornato in Libia.

www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...

Fasani and Frattini Examine Border Externalization in ECO L'intesa con l'Albania e gli altri accordi che non funzionano ('The arrangement with Albania and other agreements that don't work') - an article by Francesco Fasani and Tommaso Frattini on the effects...

📰 "L’intesa con l’Albania e gli altri accordi che non funzionano" – @ffasani.bsky.social and @tomfratti.bsky.social examine the effectiveness of border externalization policies, including the Italy-Albania protocol, in the ECO magazine. #Migration #Policy

🚨The call for the 2025 #BSE #SummerForum workshop on #Migration is out (co-organised with L. Farré, J. Fernández-Huertas, A. Glitz, J. Llull and J. Monràs). Send us your best papers (deadline: FEB 28) and join us in beautiful Barcelona on June 5-6. events.bse.eu/live/files/5... #EconSky

Fermato a Torino il capo della polizia giudiziaria libica Osama al Najim era anche il responsabile della prigione di Mitiga, conosciuta per essere diventata negli anni un centro di torture

"Osama al Najim era anche il responsabile della prigione di Mitiga, conosciuta per essere diventata negli anni un centro di torture [di migranti]"
www.agi.it/cronaca/news...

Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants The Trump administration is ending use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

"The app that had been used to allow migrants to schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available. The notice said that existing appointments have been cancelled."

Bell'articolo su Corvetto, finalmente un po' diverso dai racconti degli ultimi mesi.

With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the

3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration

on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org

Attitudes on #migration steadily improved across Europe over time with just a slight setback after 2020.
Despite cross-country differences, age & edu are main drivers of opinions on migration.
See recent #GMIH analysis of 20 years of @ess-survey.bsky.social data👇
www.rfberlin.com/attitudes-to...

Report available at the following link:

www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...