Advanced Search
MyIDEAS: Login

Organized Crime, Migration and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from the South of Italy

Contents:

Author Info

  • Nicola Daniele Coniglio

    () (University of Bari)

  • Giuseppe Celi

    (University of Foggia)

  • Cosimo Scagliusi

    (University of Bari)

Abstract

The presence of organized crime is a pervasive feature of many developed and developing countries. Even if ‘mafia’ organizations have greatly enlarged the geographical scope of their activities, as in the past they are still deeply rooted in specific territories where their presence generates a host of influences on socio-economic performances (perverse social capital). In this paper we analyse the consequences of the presence of organized crime on the long-term accumulation of human capital, a key determinant of economic growth. To do this we build a unique dataset where - among other information - we identify municipalities where the presence of organized crime is particularly pervasive in an Italian region, Calabria, where is based one of the most powerful international criminal organization, 'Ndrangheta. Our results suggest that the presence of organized crime inhibits the accumulation of human capital both directly (reducing the incentive to invest in formal education) and indirectly by increasing migration outflows.

Download Info

If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
File URL: http://www.dse.uniba.it/Quaderni/SERIES/WP_0028.pdf
Download Restriction: no

Bibliographic Info

Paper provided by Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Matematici - Università di Bari in its series series with number 0028.

as in new window
Length: 2354
Date of creation: Mar 2010
Date of revision: Mar 2010
Handle: RePEc:bai:series:wp0028

Contact details of provider:
Postal: Via Camillo Rosalba, 53 - 70124 - Bari ITALY
Phone: +390805049042
Fax: +390805049149
Web page: http://www.dse.uniba.it
More information through EDIRC

Related research

Keywords: Organized crime; human capital; social capital; migration;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

References

No references listed on IDEAS
You can help add them by filling out this form.

Citations

Blog mentions

As found by EconAcademics.org, the blog aggregator for Economics research:
  1. Mafia, education, and emigration
    by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2010-05-04 14:03:00
  2. Organized Crime, Migration and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from the South of Italy
    by Ariel Goldring in Free Market Mojo on 2010-04-17 07:00:02

Lists

This item is featured on the following reading lists or Wikipedia pages:
  1. Economic Logic blog

Statistics

Access and download statistics

Corrections

When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bai:series:wp0028

For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Ruggiero Marco Paolillo).

If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

If references are entirely missing, you can add them using this form.

If the full references list an item that is present in RePEc, but the system did not link to it, you can help with this form.

If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.