Will economic development in poor countries cause less migration, or more? this simple
question has tremendous relevance to the future of migration policy as the world develops …

This article presents lessons from the rich adoption literature for the nascent research on
adaptation. Individuals' adoption choices are affected by profit and risk considerations and …

This paper looks at the effects of air pollution on migration in China using changes in the
average strength of thermal inversions over five-year periods as a source of exogenous …

This article makes two contributions to the literature on the determinants of international
migration flows. First, we compile a new dataset on annual bilateral migration flows covering …

The use of bilateral data for the analysis of international migration is at the same time a
blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because the dyadic dimension of the data allows …

This article elaborates a conceptual framework for assessing the character and effectiveness
of immigration policies. It argues that, to a considerable extent, the public and academic …

While there is considerable interest in understanding the climate–migration relationship,
particularly in the context of concerns about global climatic change, little is known about its …

This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of
language on the choice of destination among international migrants, the determinants …

In this paper, I empirically investigate the determinants of migration inflows into 14 OECD
countries by country of origin between 1980 and 1995. I analyze the effect on migration of …

Two prominent features of international labor movements are that the more educated are
more likely to emigrate (positive selection) and more educated migrants are more likely to …