Research Papers

This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in...

Abstract Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally...

Does citizenship facilitate access to employment and higher status jobs? In the paper, the authors analyse the labour market outcomes...

International student flows from emerging and developing countries have grown tremendously over the last decades. ...

Senegal is a destination, origin and transit country for international migration. Generally, migration and mobility are perceived as...

Using 35 years of data on migration flows to OECD destinations, we successfully reproduce the hump-shape in the cross-section. ...

This report analyses the political economy of migration governance in Niger. The research follows a holistic understanding of...

This paper assesses the potential for skilled labor migration from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe. It utilizes representative surveys...

Research has shown that positive attitudes towards immigration are often associated with a higher presence of immigrants at the local...

Political trust matters for citizens’ policy preferences but existing research has not yet considered whether this effect depends on...

Migration data remains scarce, particularly in the context of developing countries. We demonstrate how geo-referenced online search...

This report analyses migration politics in Nigeria, where there is growing concern about the high levels of irregular migration and...