We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative … level covariates, migration costs, and when testing for stochastic dominance of the skill distributions of migrants and … stayers. Policy simulations are run in order to gauge the magnitude of these migration effects. Based on estimated …

Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In … middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in …

This article studies the role of rainfall in determining the education composition of Mexico-US migration. Emphasizing … the relationship between rainfall and migration costs, a revised Roy model indicates that rainfall affects selection on … education through not only households' liquidity constraints but also the comparisons between changes in migration costs and …

This paper investigates the migration behavior of rural-urban migrants within Vietnam. It focuses on the length and … intensity of migration and its respective determinants. The analysis uses panel data of 2200 rural households and data from a … length of migration is also observed among migrants and households with higher human capital. Furthermore, a decreased income …

landscape. Uncertainty and perceptions are influential drivers when it comes to migration decisions, and yet, the literature … migratory behaviour of the citizens of an entire nation. Using official bilateral migration statistics, we highlight a … substantial increase in migration flows from the UK to the remaining EU/EFTA countries. Exceptional spikes in naturalisation …

How do climate disasters shape migration? The existing evidence presents conflicting and inconclusive findings. To … address this question, we theorize the cognitive processes guiding migration decisions in the wake of disasters. On the one … hand, the link between climate disasters and migration aspirations may be driven by sudden-onset (e.g. heavy rains, storms …