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Weather Shocks and Migration Intentions in Western Africa : Insights from a Multilevel Analysis
Bertoli, Simone - 2020
We use a multilevel approach to characterize the relationship between weather shocks and (internal and international) migration intentions. We combine individual survey data on migration intentions with measures of localized weather shocks for Western African countries over 2008-2016. A...
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Refugees' and Irregular Migrants' Self-Selection into Europe : Who Migrates Where?
Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2019
About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864933
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Climate Change, Migration and Voice : An Explanation for the Immobility Paradox
Beine, Michel A. R. - 2019
This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861443
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Between Hope and Despair : Egypt's Revolution and Migration Intentions
Giesing, Yvonne; Hassan, Reem - 2021
We study the effect of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and its aftermath on migration intentions of the Egyptian youth. We measure revolution intensity using the spacial variation in the number of deaths during the revolution from the Statistical Database of the Egyptian Revolution Wikithawra and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216250
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Population Aging and Migration
Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
was consistently a continent of emigration. Europe went through a major reversal from a continent of emigration until 1950 … fertility rate and emigration rate are going to develop in Africa. Even modest increases in emigration from Africa would … generate major increases in immigration pressure in the rest of the world, mostly in Europe. Other major questions on the …
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Women's Rights and the Gender Migration Gap
Gutmann, Jerg; Marchal, Lea; Simsek, Betül - 2023
This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap (GMG) using data on 158 origin and 37 destination countries over the period 1961-2019. We estimate a gravity equation derived from a random utility maximization model of...
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Climate Change and Migration : The Case of Africa
Conte, Bruno - 2022
This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076702
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Aggregate Fluctuations and International Migration
Beine, Michel; Bourgeon, Pauline; Bricongne, Jean-Charles - 2013
Traditional theories of integration such as the optimum currency area approach attribute a prominent role to international labour mobility in coping with relative economic fluctuations between countries. However, recent studies on international migration have overlooked the role of short-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323029
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Do Natural Hazards Cause International Migration?
Gröschl, Jasmin; Steinwachs, Thomas - 2016
The estimated amount of people affected by natural hazards stands at a staggering number of about 243 million people per year. While not all of the affected move across borders, international migration potentially provides an adaptation mechanism to natural hazards. The aim of this paper is to...
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Presence of language-learning opportunities and migration
Huber, Matthias; Übelmesser, Silke - 2019
This paper analyses the effect of the presence of German language learning opportunities abroad on migration to Germany. We use information on the presence of the Goethe-Institut (GI), which is an association that promotes German culture and offers language courses and standardized exams. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018260