This paper reviews the recent literature on rural-urban migration in developing countries,
focusing on three key questions: What motivates or forces people to migrate? What costs do …

This paper presents a critical survey of theories of migration, their welfare and policy
implications and their empirical relevance. We also develop some extensions to the theory …

In this study we explore why persons flee their homes to become refugees and internally
displaced persons. We contend that individuals will tend to flee when the integrity of their …

Why would people abandon their homes in favor of an uncertain life elsewhere? The short
answer, of course, is violence. More specifically, the authors contend that people monitor the …

The existing literature on forced migration limits our understanding of how violence affects
migration to competing destinations. This article adds to the literature on forced migration by …

A common public perception in OECD countries suggests that refugees are mostly
“economic migrants” in search of a better standard of living. Does the empirical record belie …

This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of life satisfaction on the individual
intention to migrate. The impacts of individual characteristics and of country macroeconomic …

Abstract We model Central American migrant-sending household agricultural practices
given labor losses and the concomitant infusion of remittances. Under the new economics of …

ResumenTras definir la migración interna, repasar las principales fuentes de datos para su
estudio e identificar las diferentes modalidades de medición con preguntas censales, en …

Hasta finales del decenio de 1970, la migración interna en los países de América Latina y el
Caribe fue objeto de numerosas investigaciones nacionales y regionales y llevó a una …