Published in Journal of Regional Science, 2023
The paper is about consular Roman roads in a first-stage regression with modern infrastructure.
Recommended citation: De Benedictis, L., Licio V. and Pinna A.M. (2010). "From the historical Roman road network to modern infrastructure in Italy" Journal of Regional Science. 63(5), 1162-1191.
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Published in Spatial Economic Analysis, 2021
The paper is about the relationship between immigration flows and internal mobility in Italy.
Recommended citation: Basile, R., De Benedictis, L., Durban, M., Faggian, A., & Mínguez, R. (2021). "The impact of immigration on the internal mobility of natives and foreign-born residents: evidence from Italy" Spatial Economic Analysis. 16(1), 9–26.
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Published in Journal of Regional Science, 2020
The paper is about the causal effect of immigrant entrepreneurs on trade flows at the province level.
Recommended citation: Bratti, M., De Benedictis, L. & Santoni, G. (2020). "Immigrant entrepreneurs, diasporas and exports" Journal of Regional Science. 60(2), 249-272
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Published in Review of World Economics, 2014
The paper is about the causal effect of immigrant entrepreneurs on trade flows at the province level.
Recommended citation: Bratti, M., De Benedictis, L. & Santoni, G. (2014). "On the pro-trade effects of immigrants" Review of World Economics. 150, 557–594
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Published in Review of World Economics, 2024
The paper provides a comprehensive quantitative overview of the literature on the relationship between environmental changes and human migration.
Recommended citation: Cipollina, M., De Benedictis, L. & Scibè, E. (2024). "Environmental migration? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature" Review of World Economics. 160, 1393–1441.
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Published in Metroeconomica, 2022
The paper generalizes the original Schelling model of racial and residential segregation to a context of variable externalities due to social linkages.
Recommended citation: Cerqueti R., De Benedictis L., and Leone Sciabolazza V. (2024). "Segregation with Social Linkages: Evaluating Schelling’s Model with Networked Individuals" Metroeconomica. 73(2), 384-440.
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Published in Applied Network Science, 2020
The paper is about the gender bias in the Erasmus program between 2008 and 2013, using novel data at the university level.
Recommended citation: De Benedictis, L. & Leoni, S. (2020). "Gender bias in the Erasmus network of universities" Applied Network Science. 150, 557–594
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Published in Review of International Economics, 2018
The paper analyzes the topology of the E.U. regional trade network and build a simple new geography model upon it.
Recommended citation: Basile, R., Commendatore P., De Benedictis, L., & Kubin, I. (2018). "The impact of trade costs on the European Regional Trade Network: An empirical and theoretical analysis" Review of International Economics. 26(3), 578-609.
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Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series C, 2017
The paper is about the application of propensity score matching to trade networks.
Recommended citation: Arpino, B., De Benedictis, L. & Mattei A. (2017). "Implementing propensity score matching with network data: the effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on bilateral trade" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series C. 66(3), 537–554.
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Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2024
The paper is about cultural heterogeneity within and between countries.
Recommended citation: Vinciotti, De Benedictis and Wit (2024). " Joint modelling of national cultures accounting for within and between-country heterogeneity " Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society.
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Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2023
The paper is about culture as a network of cultural traits and the cultural distance between countries.
Recommended citation: Vinciotti V., Rondinelli R. and De Benedictis L. (2023). "Cultures as networks of cultural traits: A unifying framework for measuring culture and cultural distances" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society. 186(3), 264–293.
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