migration

Population displacement may become an obvious adaptation margin to climate change in vulnerable regions like sub-Saharan Africa. How large will future climate-induced migration flows be? What could the associated welfare losses be, and what can polic...

Slum upgrading programmes improve living conditions for low-skilled residents, but potentially at the cost of formal development and inefficient land allocation. Evidence from Indonesia reveals that these costs are largest close to the city centre, s...

Fintech has the potential to enhance financial inclusion and welfare for low-income migrants, but its benefits may be limited for migrants with lower financial literacy.

Immigration can foster agricultural development while accelerating, rather than delaying, structural transformation in developing economies.

Migration can act as a powerful tool for upward mobility. Evidence from Indonesia indicates that the benefits of migration depend on a household's initial education level, the age at which a child migrates, and the origin and destination locations.

Local exposure to Venezuelan migrants does not necessarily lead to a rise in local xenophobia. In fact, evidence suggests that anti-migrant sentiment is a national-level phenomenon, driven by national narratives and divorced from local experiences wi...

New data from 99 developing countries challenges conventional wisdom in development policy. People whose labour has higher returns at home are more likely to migrate.

Income increases for international migrants from the Philippines fostered economic development and investments in education in migrant-origin communities.

Insecure land property rights are an important constraint on migration, structural transformation, and productivity growth, as much as all other labour mobility barriers in China