Migration
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Expanding Legal Protections for Climate Migrants
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In the past decade, the effects of climate change have resulted in the displacement of over 250 million people worldwide. The International Organization for Migration defines an environmental or climate migrant as a person who moves within their country or abroad “predominantly for reasons of sudden or progressive change in…
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The Link Between Income and Xenophobia
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According to the World Bank (2019), close to half the world’s population lives in countries where development goals are hindered by conflict and violence. The UNHCR (2019) claims that by the end of 2018, 70.8 million people had been forcibly displaced from their homes, of whom at least 25.9 million…
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Why Do Migrants Still Struggle to Integrate into Europe’s Workforce?
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In 2015, a record 1.3 million people sought asylum in European Union (EU) states — the largest annual flow into the continent in 30 years. Although the number of persons annually seeking refuge in Europe has fallen since 2015, the EU now faces a significant public policy challenge: the integration…
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The Hidden Relationship Between Housing, Migration, and Inequality
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In the November issue of the Journal of Urban Economics, Peter Ganong of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and Daniel Shoag of the Harvard Kennedy School investigate a troubling question: “Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined?” In economics, convergence—or the “catch-up effect”—is the hypothesis that per…
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Comparing Immigration Policies Under the IMPALA Database
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A person’s decision to migrate is affected by various economic, political, and social factors not only in the country of origin (push factors), but also in the destination country (pull factors). More specifically, push factors are elements that cause people to leave their country of origin and pull factors attract…
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Do People Move to Gain Medicaid Benefits?
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The welfare migration hypothesis proposes the idea that people will move to a location because of the availability of social welfare programs. Frequently studied in international development, it is equally applicable to internal migration in the United States due to the wide variation in social welfare programs across states. This variation…
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The Lefts, Mexico, and Latin America: A Conversation with Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
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Biography: Mr. Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano is the son of late Mexican President and Mexican Revolutionary General, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río. He has been a Mexican Senator, Governor of the State of Michoacán, and the first democratically-elected Mayor of Mexico City. In 1988 he split with the PRI and launched the…
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¿Les estamos quitando sus empleos? Nueva evidencia sobre los braceros mexicanos en Estados Unidos
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En el debate político actual, se ha vuelto común la afirmación de que los migrantes en el mercado laboral disminuyen los salarios de los trabajadores locales y les quitan sus empleos. Esta aseveración se basa en la teoría de que, a mayor oferta de trabajo, menor el precio que se…
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Encouraging the Return of Talent: Evidence on Tax Incentives from Malaysia’s Returning Expert Program
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High-skilled workers are continuously migrating. According to the World Bank, in 2010 there were approximately 45 million tertiary-educated migrants globally, which represents a 75 percent increase since 2000. High-skilled workers are essential for research, innovation, and development in international economies. Governments in both high-income and low-income countries recognize the importance…
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The Unintended Consequences of Border Patrol: How US Immigration Policy Backfired
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New research suggests that the policies of border security have ultimately backfired, leading to an increase in the number of undocumented immigrants.
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The Role of Drought and Climate Change in Syrian Conflict
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A recent study shows how climate change contributed to the 2007-2010 drought and how this affected conflict in Syria.