receive stochastic opportunities to migrate to an entrant. They can accept a migration opportunity or wait for a future … opportunity. In some circumstances, users have incentives to delay migration until others have migrated. If they all do so, no … migration takes place, even when migration would have been Pareto-superior. This provides an endogenous micro-foundation for …

This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …. I develop a quantitative spatial model that captures the role of trade networks, migration barriers, and agricultural …, by the end of the century, reduces SSA real GDP per capita by 1.8 percent and displaces 4 million individuals. Migration …

International migration flows largely reflect demographic patterns and economic opportunities. Migration flows increase … unemployment, low wages, and high population growth. Migration flows decrease in the geographic and cultural distance between the … potential origin and destination, and in other migration costs. To the extent that migrants are employed, immigration can …

) migration intentions. We combine individual survey data on migration intentions with measures of localized weather shocks for … conditions, migration perceptions, or adaptation capabilities. We find that droughts are associated with a higher probability of … migration intentions in Senegal, Niger and Ivory Coast. The effect on international migration intentions are only significant in …

migration by bringing together the perspectives of the host and the home country. In this endeavor, it reviewed and evaluated … phenomena of return, circular and onward migration. It emphasized commonalities and compared differences in findings, while … heterogeneous people and cannot conform under one theory or empirical study. Their de facto migration comportment can be understood …

The economic consequences of migration are hotly debated and a main topic of recent populist movements across Europe … identification, we exploit a historical episode in the Polish migration history to Germany before the fall of the Iron Curtain and … construct a shift-share instrument. Our results differ from findings for high-skilled migration to the United States, which is …