Angela Paparusso

Demographer, she is Senior Researcher of the National Research Council at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPPS).

Rome

angela.paparusso@irpps.cnr.it

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Angela Paparusso, demographer, is Senior Researcher of the National Research Council at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPPS).

In 2016, she received the doctorate in Demography from the School of Statistical Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome. She also studied at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she obtained the European Master in Demography, from the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD). Finally, she was Visiting Doctoral Student at CERI Sciences Po (Centre de Recherches Internationales) in Paris and Visiting Researcher at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM) of the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).

She is coordinator of the 2022 PRIN project “The subjective well-being of immigrants and natives: Italy in the European context (WELL-MIG)”.

She is currently part of the Rome Chapter of the Unesco Chair in “Population, Migrations and Development”.

Her main research interests focus on immigration and integration processes and policies and on the subjective well-being of immigrants in Italy and Europe.

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Main publications

Book

PAPARUSSO A. (2021). Immigrant Integration in Europe. A Subjective Well-Being Perspective. Cham: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-78505-5.

Journal articles

BODO, M., PAPARUSSO A., AMBROSETTI E. (2025). Exploring the Nexus Between Life Satisfaction and Institutional Trust: Evidence From Italian and Foreign Citizens. Population, Space and Place, 31(8): 1–15. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/psp.70120.
BONIFAZI C., PAPARUSSO A. (2025). Trends and demographic context of the integration of foreigners into the Italian labor market. Research in Social Sciences, 4: 463–485, doi: 10.26350/000518_000164. https://dx.doi.org/10.26350/000518_000164.
PAPARUSSO, A., WIHTOL DE WENDEN, C. (2025). The shifting of traditional understanding of citizenship due to international migration. Frontiers in Sociology, 10: 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1568332.
PAPARUSSO, A., SANGUINETTI, A., VITIELLO, M. (2025). Individual take-up and occupational outcomes of immigrant regularization measures in Italy. WELFARE e ERGONOMIA, 2024/2: 211–228. https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/SchedaRivista.aspx?DOI=10.3280/WE2024-002014.
BARBIANO DI BELGIOJOSO, E., BONIFAZI, C., ORTENSI, L. E. (2024). Change and stability of migration intentions. Evidence from Italy. International Migration, 62(1): 217–235. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13211.
AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2024). What is the Relationship Between the Perceived Quality of Neighbourhood and the Self-reported Life Satisfaction in Immigrants Versus Natives in Europe? Journal of International Migration and Integration, 25: 799–826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-023-01104-x.
AMBROSETTI E., BETTIN, G., CELA, E., PAPARUSSO, A. (2023). Subjective well‐being and school outcomes among children of immigrants and natives in Italy. Population, Space and Place, 29(4): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2639.
PAPARUSSO A. (2021). “Review of Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crises. The New People of the Mediterranean, edited by Thierry Blöss, in collaboration with Isabelle Blöss-Widmer, Elena Ambrosetti, Michèle Pagès and Sébastien Oliveau.” GENUS, https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00114-w.
AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2021). What are the main factors associated with immigrants’ subjective well-being in Italy? Evidence from self-reported life satisfaction. International Migration, 59(4): 221–237. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12780.
CAGIANO DE AZEVEDO R., PAPARUSSO A., VACCARO, M. (2020). The principle of subsidiarity and the multilevel citizenship: the future of social inclusion. Culture e Studi del Sociale, 5(1): 3–6. https://www.cussoc.it/journal/article/view/111.
BONIFAZI C., PAPARUSSO A. (2019). L’impatto delle politiche familiari sulla bassa fecondità europea. La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali, 4: 31–49. https://www.futura-editrice.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/04-Bonifazi-Paparusso.pdf.
PAPARUSSO A. (2019). Immigrant citizenship status in Europe: the role of individual characteristics and national policies. GENUS, 13: 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-019-0059-9.
BONIFAZI C., PAPARUSSO A. (2019). Remain or return home: the migration intentions of first-generation migrants in Italy. Population, Space and Place, 25(2): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2174.
AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2018). Migrants or refugees? The evolving governance of migration flows in Italy during the “refugee crisis”. Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 34(1): 151–171. https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.10265.
SINGH GARHA N., PAPARUSSO A. (2018). Fragmented integration and transnational networks. A case study of Indian immigration to Italy and Spain. GENUS, 74: 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-018-0037-7.
PAPARUSSO A. (2018). Studying immigrant integration through self-reported life satisfaction in the country of residence. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 14(2): 479–505. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-018-9624-1.
PAPARUSSO A., AMBROSETTI E. (2017). To stay or to return? Return migration intentions of Moroccans in Italy. International Migration, 55(6): 137–155. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12375.
PAPARUSSO A., FOKKEMA T., AMBROSETTI E. (2017). Immigration policies in Italy: their impact on the lives of first-generation Moroccan and Egyptian migrants. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 18(2): 499–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-016-0485-x.

Book chapters

BODO M., PAPARUSSO A., AMBROSETTI E. (2025). Life Satisfaction and Institutional and Interpersonal Trust: A Comparative Analysis of Italian and Foreign Citizens. In: Methodological and Applied Statistics and Demography III. SIS 2024. Italian Statistical Society Series on Advances in Statistics, POLLICE A., MARIANI P. (eds.), pp. 208–214. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64431-3_35.
PAPARUSSO A., ARCAGNI A., HEINS F., BONIFAZI C. (2025). Poset-Based Analysis of Mental Well-Being of Immigrants and Natives in Europe. In: Methodological and Applied Statistics and Demography II. SIS 2024. Italian Statistical Society Series on Advances in Statistics, POLLICE A., MARIANI P. (eds.), pp. 349–354. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64350-7_59.
CRISCI M., DEGLI UBERTI S., PAPARUSSO A., PELLICCIA A., VITIELLO M. (2024). Declino demografico e scelte riproduttive nell’Italia dell’incertezza. In: La società italiana nelle intemperie del nuovo millennio, PENNACCHIOTTI C., TURCIO S. (eds.), pp. 17–47. Rome: CNR-IRPPS. https://iris.cnr.it/retrieve/1e6e4fe7-5091-4ea5-8405-2b8bddb9c882/Volume%20Irpps.pdf.
BONIFAZI C., PAPARUSSO A. (2022). “Le opinioni delle nuove generazioni sull’immigrazione”. In La condizione giovanile in Italia. Rapporto Giovani 2022. ISTITUTO GIUSEPPE TONIOLO (ed.), pp. 197–214, Bologna: Il Mulino. https://www.mulino.it/isbn/9788815295514.
BONIFAZI C., BUONOMO, A., PAPARUSSO, A., STROZZA, S., VITIELLO, M. (2021). “Immigrazione e mercato del lavoro in Europa meridionale: cos’è cambiato con la crisi economica”, in Lavori migranti. Storia, esperienze e conflitti dal secondo dopoguerra ai giorni nostri, D. DI SANZIO (ed.), pp 15–34. Brienza: Le Penseur. https://www.lepenseur.it/bookshop/it/storia/prod-92-lavori-migranti-9788895315775.
BONIFAZI C., BUONOMO, A., PAPARUSSO, A., STROZZA, S., VITIELLO, M. (2021). “The knowledge of Italian language and immigrant integration process”, in Specialized discourses of well-being and human development. Cross-disciplinary perspectives, C. PENNAROLA, V. POLESE, S. A. ZOLLO (eds.), pp 130–142. Torino: L’Harmanattan Italia. https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/specialized-discourses-well-being-and/libro/9788878924277?srsltid=AfmBOorscggU3jBPDiRWIwstYoQd1Is4YcX3GCW1-zrjrC8JUfxZO62s.
PAPARUSSO A (2020). “Subjective well-being of immigrants in Europe”. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, F. MAGGINO (ed.), 1–6, Cham: Springer. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_104657-1.
AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2020). “Subjective well-being of immigrants in Italy”. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, F. MAGGINO (ed.), 1–8, Cham: Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_104656-1.
BONIFAZI C., BUONOMO A., PAPARUSSO, A., STROZZA S., VITIELLO M. (2019). “La conoscenza dell’italiano e i processi di integrazione”. In Linguaggi, ricerca, comunicazione. Focus Cnr, M. E. CADEDDU, C. MARRAS (eds.), 97–114. Rome: Cnr Edizioni. Link al volume.
BONIFAZI C., CARUSO M. G., HEINS, F., PAPARUSSO A., PANACCIONE D. (2018). Le traiettorie di mobilità: arrivare e muoversi in Italia. In Vita e Percorsi di Integrazione degli Immigrati in Italia, M. PEREZ (ed.), 35–51, Rome: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. https://www.istat.it/it/files/2019/05/Vita-e-percorsi.pdf.
PAPARUSSO A. (2017). L’immigrazione e l’integrazione in Italia: il cammino delle politiche. In Migrazioni e integrazioni nell’Italia di oggi, C. BONIFAZI (ed.), 295–306, Rome: CNR-IRPPS e-Publishing. http://epub.irpps.cnr.it/index.php/mono/article/view/290.
PAPARUSSO A. (2016). The European convergence towards civic integration. In Migration in the Mediterranean. Socio-Economic Perspectives, E. AMBROSETTI, D. STRANGIO, C. WIHTOL DE WENDEN (eds.), 149–168, London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Migration-in-the-Mediterranean-Socio-economic-perspectives/Ambrosetti-Strangio-deWenden/p/book/9780367668334.
AMBROSETTI E., PAPARUSSO A. (2015). Immigration policies in the EU: failure or success? Evidences from Italy. Italy in a European Context: research in business, economics, and the environment, C. STRANGIO, G. SANCETTA (eds.), London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-137-56077-3_2.