Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull … significant economic variable. In addition, we demonstrate that it is episodes of escalating conflict, rather than accumulated … violence, that drives decisions to leave. Out-of-sample predictions indicate that if conflict in origin countries were to cease …

. -- migration ; father absence ; education ; gender …

paper estimates simple gravity models of bilateral migration flows for the whole world and projects these models into the …

with the World Bank’s Global Bilateral Migration Database. Overall, our results suggest little evidence that natural …

a low level of gender equality and development may have constraining effects on human trafficking outflows, contrary to …

matters more in origin countries than destination countries. Interestingly, a very low level of gender equality may have … constraining effects on human trafficking outflow, possibly because gender discrimination limits female mobility that is necessary …

civil wars and natural catastrophes that generate rapid and unexpected flows of refugees into a country unrelated to their …