We examine the links between migration and a novel family of generalized proximity-sensitive relative deprivation measures. We find that higher international migration intentions are associated with higher relative deprivation when people tend to accord increasing weights to comparisons with the...

Purpose This paper critically analyses major shifts in the UAE's public and economic policy, particularly examining the transition from oil dependency to diversification and then to sustainability and resilience. It aims to provide insight into the facilitators, inhibitors and future of...

Weighing the current world affairs, there seems to be strong association between natural resources, corruption, and bad economic performance. We empirically investigate the interplay between different institutional qualities and fiscal policy, and their effect on resource-abundant economies’...