https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/theme.asp?idTheme=4https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/img/blog_logo.pnghttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/theme.asp?idTheme=4Le Blog du CEPIIcepiiweb@cepii.fr (CEPII)frCEPIICEPIIhttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1177Mon, 9 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1177https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1177 Anthony Edo, Jérôme Valette

]]>Within the ten main host countries of the European Union (EU), non-European immigrants (born outside the EU) face notable difficulties in economic integration. With comparable socio-economic characteristics, their employment rate is on average 11 percentage points lower than that of native-born individuals.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1162Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1162https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1162 Anthony Edo, Jérôme Valette

]]>The share of immigrants in the population of the European Union increased between 2010 and 2024, but at very different rates across countries.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1158Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:10:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1158https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1158 Mathieu Couttenier, Julian Marcoux, Thierry Mayer, Mathias Thoening

]]>Many analyses of armed conflicts fail to take into account the spatial origins of combatant groups, as well as the competition among them on predation markets that underlies the diffusion of violence.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1150Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1150https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=1150 Amandine Aubry, Anthony Edo

]]>A sector’s export performance depends not only on the immigrant labour it employs directly, but also on immigrant workers employed in upstream sectors.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=635Sun, 2 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=635https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=635 Gianluca Orefice

]]>Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) can be used by signatory countries to manage international migration flows and participation in global value chain. The inclusion of an additional provision in PTAs stimulates the bilateral fragmentation of production by 1 percent, while PTAs that facilitate visa and asylum administrative procedures stimulate bilateral migration by up to 34 percent.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=616Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:57:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=616https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=616 Dany Bahar, Hillel Rapoport

]]>Migration, particularly skilled migration, is a driver of knowledge diffusion and it can induce productivity shifts as measured by new exports.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=505Tue, 7 Mar 2017 16:02:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=505https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=505 Cristina Mitaritonna, Gianluca Orefice, Giovanni Peri

]]>Despite numerous studies exploring how immigration affects local labour markets, there is limited evidence on the impact of immigrants on firms’ productivity levels. Using detailed, firm-level data from France, this column explores how firms react to an increase in the supply of immigrant workers.

]]>https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=119Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=119https://www.cepii.fr/BLOG/en/post.asp?IDcommunique=119 Gianluca Orefice

]]>An international organization (uniquely) in charge of managing international migration flows is missing. However recent Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) include migration related provisions able to manage migration flows. Further, the signature of a PTA itself boosts bilateral migration flows.

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