Научный семинар "Политическая экономика"

Докладчик: Michele Valsecchi (NES)

Тема: Internal migration networks and mortality in home communities

Аннотация:

Can migration networks harm their home communities? Looking at the spread of a virus in Italy and using pre-determined province-to-province migration, excess mortality and mobile phone tracking data, we document that provinces with a greater share of migrants in outbreak areas show lower local mobility (information mechanism), but also a greater population inflow from outbreak areas (carrier mechanism). For a subset of localities, the net effect on mortality is negative. However, for the average locality, the effect is positive and large, suggesting that the migrants' role as information providers is trumped by their role as virus carriers. The effect is quantitatively important as it accounts for 60% of virus deaths outside outbreak areas.

Рабочий язык семинара — английский.

Страница семинара.

Ссылка для подключения: https://zoom.us/j/94380601356