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📢 Call for papers is now open.
The RFBerlin Migration Forum returns for a third year, in Berlin on 18–19 March 2027. Keynotes from Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) and Giovanni Peri (UC Davis).
Deadline 8 November.
Details & submission: rfberlin.com/event/migration…
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Lieto di presentare la nostra ricerca, con @giac_bat , @eugeniolevi, @AlbiParmigiani, Steven Stillman presso la Camera dei deputati. Registrazioni possibili fino a domani, mercoledì 20 maggio, in serata
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🆕 Can providing information reduce risky migration?
Today on VoxDev, @giac_bat (@RF_Berlin), Lucia Corno (@Unicatt) & @elianalaferrara (@Kennedy_School) outline an informational intervention on the risks of irregular migration in Guinea: voxdev.org/topic/migration-u…
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Just 10 days left to submit!
The RFBerlin Migration Forum welcomes papers on “Migration: Drivers, Consequences, and Governance.”
Submit your work & share the call.
👉 Submit: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stag…
About the forum: rfberlin.com/event/migration…
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Attention Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!
On 18–19 September, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Barbara Petrongolo and get the chance to deepen your understanding of The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market.
Apply by 15 August: rfberlin.com/event/rfberlin-…
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For Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!
On 24–25 September, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Paolo Pinotti and seize the chance to deepen your understanding of Crime and the Labor Market.
Applications are open until 26 August!
More info: rfberlin.com/event/rfberlin-…
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In a paper with @MatteoBizzarri4 and @ricfranceschin, published on EJPE, we study how and why third-party involvement affects the occurrence of resource wars. Using a theoretical model, we show that conflict probability is hump-shaped in resource wealth. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2…
Our insights are relevant in cases like US interventions in oil-rich Middle Eastern countries and China’s engagement in mineral-rich African nations. As the value of resources change, third-party involvement will be a factor in determining conflicts.
In a paper with @MatteoBizzarri4 and @ricfranceschin, published on EJPE, we study how and why third-party involvement affects the occurrence of resource wars. Using a theoretical model, we show that conflict probability is hump-shaped in resource wealth. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2…
A key insight is that conflict likelihood depends on resource value. When this is low, predators are unlikely to attack because the rewards aren’t worth the risk. For high value, a likely third-party intervention deters conflict. Moderate value maximizes conflict probability.
The paper models resource conflict as a game involving a resource holder, a predator, and a powerful third party. Predators attack when they can steal highly valuable resources and third-party intervention as unlikely.
Resource wealth creates two opposing forces. On one side, high-value resources invite predation, increasing the risk of conflict. On the other, valuable resources attract powerful third parties like superpowers, who intervene to stabilize the region and secure access.
New call for papers 🖋️ Send your work to our Workshop on the Economics of Aging in Berlin and come visit us!
📢 New #CallforPapers!
We invite submissions to the RFBerlin Workshop on the Economics of Aging, which will take place in Berlin on 5-6 June 2025: rfberlin.com/event/workshop-…
Keynotes: @VJosephHotz and @M_De_Nardi.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025.
Submit now and share with colleagues!
Come work with us at @RF_Berlin! A collaborative team and stimulating research environment in a wonderful city. ‼️
🔔 We are hiring 🔔
The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin is hiring Postdoctoral Fellows in Applied/Labor Economics!
Full-time position, based in Berlin, two-year contract with the potential for extension.
Apply now or share with your network!
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Few days to apply. Send your paper on migration and come present in Berlin in March! 🏃♀️🏃♂️
Just a few days left to submit your work on migration! ⏳
Our call for papers closes on 1st November — don't miss your chance to join us in Berlin this March for the Migration: Economics, Politics, and Development Forum.
Submit now and share with colleagues!
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stag…
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🆕@vox_dev column by our research officer @giac_bat, @Giammacco, @mlemoglie, and Paolo Pinotti, exploring how Mexico's war on drugs has had unintended consequences, including the rise of large-scale oil theft by criminal cartels: rfberlin.com/voxdev-battisto…
🆕How the Mexican war on drugs fuelled organised crime
Today on VoxDev, @giac_bat @RF_Berlin, @Giammacco @unit_crime, @mlemoglie @Unicatt & Paolo Pinotti @Unibocconi outline how and why Mexico's war on drugs led to a surge in oil theft:
voxdev.org/topic/migration-u…
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With Sir Keir Starmer exploring Italy’s migration deals with Albania and North African countries, I thought it was worth reposting my recent research on the 2017 migration deal Italy signed with Libya. #Starmer #migration #italy #libya #uk @lea_ypi
