Working Paper What explains people’s migration aspirations? Experimental evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa SSRN 10/2022 Download Lena Detlefsen, Tobias Heidland, Claas Schneiderheinze Abstract Migration aspirations lie at the heart of self-selection into migration. In this paper, we study three questions: How do individual,...
Working Paper South-South refugee movements: Do pull factors play a role? RSC Working Papers 10/2022 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Studies analysing the pattern of international refugee flows have so far focussed on movements to OECD destinations, even though the...
Working Paper Country, Culture or Competition—What Drives Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Sub-Saharan Africa? Kiel Working Papers 06/2022 Download Malte Becker, Finja Krüger, Tobias Heidland Using a survey experiment in Uganda and Senegal, the working paper explores both attitudes towards immigrants in general and towards specific...
Journal Article Who cares what the people think? Public attitudes and refugee protection in Europe Politics, Philosophy & Economics 04/2022 Download Martin Ruhs This paper discusses why and how public attitudes should matter in regulating asylum and refugee protection in rich democracies, with a focus...
Working Paper The Link between Economic Growth and Emigration from Developing Countries: Does Migrants’ Skill Composition Matter? RSC Working Papers 12/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Tackling the root causes of migration from developing countries through development cooperation has been suggested as an essential...
Journal Article Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers Journal of International Development 07/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health...
Journal Article Cultural change and the migration choice Review of World Economics 06/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Alessandra Venturini Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country cultural differences. ...
Working Paper International cooperation on migration: what do domestic publics want? SSRN 05/2021 Download Alina Vrânceanu, Tobias Heidland, Martin Ruhs ... Abstract What preferences do people have for cooperation between high and lower-income countries on irregular migration and refugee...
Working Paper Migration Policy-making in Africa: Determinants and Implications for Cooperation with Europe RSC Working Papers 05/2021 Download Mehari Taddele Maru This paper focuses on African policy positions on migration to Europe and towards cooperation on migration with the EU and its Member States. ...
Journal Article What asylum and refugee policies do Europeans want? Evidence from a cross-national conjoint experiment European Union Politics 04/2021 Download Anne-Marie Jeannet, Tobias Heidland, Martin Ruhs The journal article provides analysis of the structure of public preferences for asylum and refugee policy, a highly politicized policy area...
Working Paper Aid and Internal Migration in Malawi RSC Working Papers 02/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Marco Sanfilippo, Filippo Santi This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in Malawi...
Working Paper Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers RSCAS Working Papers 12/2020 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health...