Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding … how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the … migration as an economic phenomenon; but what about them matters? Properly, we should be looking at the determinants of identity …

This paper look at why most migration flows include observable jumps, a phenomenon that is in line with migration … irreversibility. We have presented a real option model where the migration choice depends on both the wage differential between the … migration decision of an individual consists of waiting to migrate in a (coordinated) mass of individuals. The size of the …

Population Census of Albania – the paper documents the phenomena of internal and external migration in Albania, a country that in … Albanian households have had direct exposure to migration events, either through direct temporary migration of a household … household’s migration decision. The role of household and community characteristics, including relative deprivation and the …

This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing … studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken into account in estimating its impact, namely … the fact that migration changes the size of the household. The ‘corrected’ impact that does take the change in household …

This paper tries to explain why most migration flows show some observable jumps in their processes, a phenomenon that … seems to be sympathetic with the characteristic of irreversibility of migration. We present a real option model where the … probability of being fully integrated into the host country. The theoretical results show that the optimal migration decision of a …

While Mexico's southern states differ substantially in terms of their migration profile, many of the issues confronted … by the three states are the same. In this paper, we focus on five questions: (a) How large are migration flows, and what … can be expected in the future?; (b) To what extent does migration increase per capita income and thereby reduce poverty …

responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades corrupt and autocratic regimes with … constitutes one of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Secondly, the EU contributed to Africa’s economic … its external borders and prevention. Current EU programs and concepts to combat African migration are questionable. Even …

Migration research has been quite successful in explaining changes in migration flows. Less satisfactory are its …