FRANCESCO FASANI - IAE-CSIC

FRANCESCO FASANI
                                                      May 2013

Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC)                 E-mail: francesco.fasani@iae.csic.es
Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona                   Tel: +34 935 806 612
Bellaterra (Barcelona)                                     Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/fasani2010/
08193, SPAIN

     Academic position
        Researcher, Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC) – since Oct 2010
        Affiliated Professor, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) – since Oct 2010

     Education
        University College London, Ph.D. Economics, January 2011
        Thesis Title: “Essays on migration, undocumented migration and crime”. Examiners: Prof. A.
        Manning (LSE), Prof. E. Moretti (UC Berkely). Advisors: Prof. C. Dustmann, Prof. S. Machin
        University College London, M.Sc. Economics, Distinction and Departmental Prize for MSc
        dissertation, 2005
        Bocconi University - Milan, B.Sc. Economics, 110/110 summa cum laude, 2003

     Research Fields
        Labor Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, Economics of Migration and of Crime

     Publications in peer-reviewed journals
        "Media Exposure and Internal Migration - Evidence from Indonesia" (with L.Farré) – Journal of
        Development Economics (2013) Volume 102, May 2013, Pages 48–61
        "Crime and immigration: evidence from large immigrant waves in the UK" (with B.Bell and
        S.Machin) – Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)
        [Featured in the British (The Observer, 2013) and Italian news (la Repubblica, 2011)]

     Working Papers and Research in Progress
        “The Effect of Local Area Crime on the Mental Health of Residents” (with C. Dustmann) –
        Revise & Resubmit at the Economic Journal

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“Legal status and consumption behavior of immigrant households” (with C. Dustmann and B.
  Speciale) – submitted
   “Deporting Undocumented Immigrants: the Role of Labor Demand Shocks” (under revision)
  [Featured in the Italian news: il Sole 24ORE (2010)]
  “Employment of Undocumented Immigrants and the Prospect of Legal Status: Evidence from an
  Amnesty Program” (with C. Devillanova and T. Frattini)
  “Risk Aversion and Internal Migration in China” (with C. Dustmann, X. Meng and L. Minale)

Professional activities
Referee: Review of Economic Studies, Journal of European Economic Association, Economic
 Journal, Journal of Development Economics, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy,
 European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic
 Geography, Economic Letters, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Science and Urban
 Economics, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of Economic Surveys, SERIEs-Journal
 of the Spanish Economic Association, Contemporary Economic Policy, International Migration,
 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Revista de Economia Aplicada
Affiliations: INSIDE-MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics); CReAM – Centre for
 Research and Analysis of Migration (UCL); IZA – Institute for the Study of Labour; Fondazione
 Rodolfo Debenedetti; Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano (LdA)
Conferences and seminars organizer: IAE-CSIC internal seminar series; INSIDE-MOVE,
 NORFACE, CReAM: VI Workshop on Migration and Labor Economics, Barcelona, October 18-
 19, 2012; Royal Economic Society 2011 conference: special session on "Immigration and crime";
 CReAM seminar series; ESPE 2008 conference: local organizers committee

Other research experience and previous positions
 Sept 2012 – Nov 2012: IOM (International Organization for Migration) Independent Network of
 Labour Migration and Integration Experts (LINET) - Improving Access to Labour Market
 Information for Migrants and Employers - Country expert for Italy
 May 2009 – May 2010: UCL, Dept. of             Economics – Research assistant for Professor
 C.Dustmann and Dr F.Cornaglia - ESRC funded project “Crime and Mental Wellbeing”
 Jan 2008 – Sept 2008: ELIAMEP, Athens – Project: Clandestino. Undocumented Migration:
 Counting the Uncountable. Data and Trends Across Europe - Country expert for Italy
 Sept 2006 – Sept 2010: CReAM - Research Officer
 June 2003 – July 2004: Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti, Milan - Research Officer

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Teaching Experience
Lecturer
 2013 Crisis in Europe (5-hour course); MSc Foreign Service; School of Foreign Service;
 Georgetown University, Washington DC
 2013 Empirical Labor (Applied Microeconometrics); IDEA (International Master and Doctorate in
 Economic Analysis) program; 2nd year – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 2012 Review Course in Statistics; Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets;
 Barcelona GSE
 2011 Empirical Microeconomics (Applied Microeconometrics); IDEA (International Master and
 Doctorate in Economic Analysis) program; 2nd year – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
 2003 Economics of Migration; “Migration management” MA program, SDA - Bocconi University
 (Milan, Italy)
PhD Examiner
 2013: Joaquin Naval (UAB); Effrosyni (Efi) Adamopoulou (Carlos III)
 2012: Christoph Sajons (UPF); Andrea Tesei (UPF)

Conference Presentations
 2013: ICEEE-2013 (Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics), Genoa. 2012:
 Barcelona GSE Winter Workshop “Applied Economics and Social Policies”, UPF, Barcelona;
 INSIDE-MOVE, NORFACE, CReAM: VI Workshop on Migration and Labor Economics, IAE-
 CSIC, Barcelona; Workshop “Legal, Illegal and Criminal Migration”, Collegio Carlo Alberto,
 Moncalieri-Turin; II workshop of the fRDB Fellows and Affiliates, Bocconi University, Milan;
 Workshop on Advances in Labor, Migration and Public Economics, EUI, Fiesole. 2011: XXXVI
 Simposio de la Associación Española de Economìa - Malaga, Spain; Royal Economic Society
 Annual Conference, Royal Holloway, London; NORFACE              - CReAM conference “Migration:
 Economic Change, Social Challenge”, University College London; CREMed - II Workshop on
 "Economics of the Mediterranean and the Euromediterranean Process", Universitat Pompeu
 Fabra; 4th Migration and Development Conference - Harvard University; Transatlantic Workshop
 on the Economics of Crime, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Turin. 2010: fRDB Workshop
 "Processes of Immigrants' Assimilation", Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Norface-World Bank-
 CReAM Conference "Migration, Development and Global Issues", University College London,
 UK; Luca D´Agliano Workshop "Illegal Migration and the Effects of Immigration on Destination
 Countries" - University of Milan, Italy. 2009: VIII Brucchi Luchino Workshop - Bank of Italy, Rome,
 Italy; XXXIV Simposio de la Associación Española de Economìa - Valencia, Spain; 2nd

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International Conference on Migration and Development – World Bank, Washington, US; WPEG
 2009 Conference - Nottingham, UK; CASS and ESRC workshop on “Migration and Labour
 Markets: China and the UK” - Beijing, China; III INSIDE (IAE – CSIC) workshop; Barcelona,
 Spain; Metropolis – British Columbia workshop on the Economics of Migration; Vancouver,
 Canada; SOLE – 14th Annual Meeting; Boston, US; ELIAMEP workshop on Irregular Migration
 and Informal Economy (27/04/09); Athens, Greece; 2nd Conference of TOM Network – “Trans-
 nationality of migrants”; UCL; Louvaine-la-Neuve, Belgium. 2008: 2008 SERC/LSE Junior
 Seminars in Spatial Economics; LSE; London, UK; AIEL 2008 (Italian Association of Labour
 Economists) conference - Brescia, Italy; Nordic Migration Workshop - VATT (Government
 Institute for Economic Research), Helsinki, Finland; ESPE conference 2008 – UCL - London, UK;
 11th IZA Summer School, Munich, Germany; 2008 ENTER Jamboree Conference, Universidad
 Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Invited Seminars
 2013: Queen Mary University, London; Georgetown University, Washington; Queen’s College –
 CUNY, New York; Gothenburg University; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 2012: CRED-
 FUNDP, University of Namur; University of Alicante. 2011: University of Milan – Bicocca; UPF –
 Barcelona. 2010: University of Sussex, Brighton; RAND - Santa Monica; Erasmus University
 Rotterdam - Rotterdam; ROA Maastricht University - Maastricht; Universitat Pompeu Fabra -
 Barcelona; Uppsala University - Uppsala; IE Business School - Madrid; IAE-CSIC - Barcelona.
 2009: UCL student lunch seminar, London. 2008: MILLS–Milan Labour Lunch Seminar -
 University of Milan; UCL student seminar, London.

Grants
 Recercaixa 2012 – “Coping Strategies of Young People in the Midst of the Spanish Crisis"; with L.
 Farré and H.Muller (P.I.) - € 56,000
 Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti 2012-2013 – “The Consequences of Illegal Status on the
 Criminal Behavior of Immigrants”; with Josh Angrist and Paolo Pinotti - € 25,000

Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships
 June 2012: UniCredit Best Phd Thesis Prize 2012
 Feb. 2012: Economic Journal Referee Prize 2011
 June 2009: Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Teaching Assistantship - UCL
 June 2008: Honourable Mention for outstanding Teaching Assistantship - UCL

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2007–2008: Anglo German Foundation Scholarship
 2006-2007: Departmental Scholarship, Department of Economics, UCL
 2005–2006: Scholarship “Donato Menichella”, Bank of Italy
 Sept. 2005: Departmental Prize for MSc dissertation, UCL
 2004-2005: Scholarship: “Paolo Andreini - Efisio Piana”, Bank of Italy

Other publications
Policy Reports
 Fasani F. (2013) Improving access to Labour Market Information for Migrants and Employers -
 Italy (chapter 7) (2013) in "Improving access to Labour Market Information for Migrants and
 Employers" (edited by Maria Vincenza Desiderio and Anke Schuster), IOM-LINET and DG
 Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission
 Devillanova C., Fasani F., Frattini T., (2009) Cittadini senza diritti (Undocumented immigrants in
 Milan), (Italian) [Featured in the Italian news: il Corriere della Sera, il Sole 24ORE]
 Fasani F. (2009) “Undocumented migration in Italy” – CLANDESTINO project - Counting the
 Uncountable. Data and Trends Across Europe – 6th FP EC
 Devillanova C., Fasani F., Frattini T., (2007) Cittadini senza diritti: abitare e lavorare a Milano da
 clandestini (Undocumented immigrants in Milan), Econpubbblica WP 125, Bocconi University
 (Italian) [Featured in the Italian news: il Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, il Sole 24ORE, Italia
 Oggi]
Chapters in edited books
 Fasani F. (2010) The quest for “La Dolce Vita”? Undocumented migration in Italy, in
 Triandafyllidou A. (edited by) Irregular Migration in Europe: Myths and Realities, Ashgate
 Fasani F., Speciale B. (2008) Le rimesse degli immigrati residenti in Italia (Remittances of
 immigrant residents in Italy), in Fondazione ISMU (edited by) “Quattordicesimo rapporto sulle
 migrazioni 2008”, FrancoAngeli (Italian)
 Blangiardo G.C., Fasani F., Speciale B., (2008) Consumption, saving and remittance behaviour of
 undocumented migrants in Italy, in Di Comite L. et al. (edited by) “Sviluppo demografico ed
 economico nel mediterraneo”, Cacucci Editore
 Boeri T., Fasani F. (2004) Il lavoro degli immigrati e le politiche dell’immigrazione in Italia
 (Migrants’s job performance and migration policy in Italy) in Mauri G., Visconti L.M. (edited by)
 “DIVERSITY      MANAGEMENT          E    LAVORATORI         IMMIGRATI:      TEORIE        E   PRASSI”,
 FRANCOANGELI 2004 (Italian)

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Boeri T., Fasani F., Tabasso D. (2004) Immigrati e assistenza sociale in Italia (Migrants and
 social care in Italy) in Guerra M.C., Zanardi A. (edited by) “LA FINANZA PUBBLICA ITALIANA.
 Rapporto 2004”, il Mulino, 2004 (Italian)
 Boeri T., Fasani F. (2004) Dalla “Maastricht delle pensioni” alle pensioni senza Maastricht (From
 the “Maastricth of pension” debate to the Maastriccht without pensions) in Colombo A., Ronzitti
 N.(edited by) “L’ITALIA E LA POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE – Annuario ISPI–IAI sulla politica
 estera italiana – edizione 2004 ” – ISPI – Il Mulino (Italian)
Newspaper articles (Italian)
 Fasani F. (2012) Tu quoque, Spagna? (Immigrati irregolari e assistenza sanitaria in Spagna), Oct
 2012, Nagazzetta, www.naga.it
 Fasani F. (2010) Quanti sono gli immigrati irregolari in Europa?, 16 Jun 2010, www.neodemos.it;
 Fasani F. (2010) Piu' immigrati piu' crimine? Dipende dalla politica, 29 Jun 2010, www.lavoce.info
 Devillanova C., Fasani F., Frattini T. (2009) Lavorare a Milano. Da clandestini, 28 Dec 2009,
 www.lavoce.info
 Devillanova C., Fasani F., Frattini T. (2009) Le ingombranti esistenze dei cittadini senza diritti, il
 Manifesto, Nov 3, 2009, p. 15
 Boeri T., Fasani F. (2004) Che succede se il lavoro diventa globale, Il Mondo, N. 35, Sept 3,
 2004, pp. 52-54
 Fasani F. (2004) Fuga dalle riforme, Jul 29, 2004, www.lavoce.info
 Fasani F., Pellizzari M. (2004) E la previdenza complementare non convince gli italiani, Jul 22
 2004, p. 2, Il Sole 24-ORE
 Fasani F. (2004) Infortuni sommersi, May 10, 2004, p. 20, LA STAMPA
 Fasani F. (2004) Il tradimento delle frontiere aperte, Apr 21, 2004, p. 9, LA STAMPA
 Fasani F. (2004) Senza crescita l’occupazione resta al palo, Mar 1, 2004, p. 18, LA STAMPA
 Fasani F. (2003) Lavoro, gli immigrati hanno la meglio, Nov 3, 2003, p. 20, LA STAMPA
 Brugiavini A., Fasani F. (2003) L’effetto annuncio, October 2, 2003, www.lavoce.info
 Fasani F., Tabasso D. (2003) Passaggio al sistema contributivo, Svezia batte Italia, Sept 5, 2003,
 p. 5, LA STAMPA
 Fasani F., Pellizzari M. (2003) Meno espulsioni dove c’è domanda di manodopera, May 26,2003,
 p. 11, LA STAMPA

Languages:
Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent)

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