#MIGNEX

Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker

@j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social

8 months ago

How Economic Inequalities Shape International Migration Aspirations: A Multilevel Analysis of Perceptions and Context Economic inequality between countries has long been recognized as a key driver of international migration. However, inequality within communities of origin has received far less attention in the lite....

Is subjective or objective inequality a more powerful predictor of migration aspirations? Read our new #MIGNEX paper in PSP to find out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker

@j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social

9 months ago

One particular policy fixation that does not seem to go out of fashion is to "tackle the root causes of migration". Does reducing hardships lower migration aspirations? @jorgencarling.bsky.social answer this in 800 words using #MIGNEX data from more than 13,000 interviews.
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Zina Weisner

@zinaw.bsky.social

1 year ago

Migration aspirations and their realisation: a configurational driver analysis of 26 African and Asian research areas - Comparative Migration Studies ‘Tackling the root causes’ of migration has emerged as a central strategy for the European Union to manage the movements of people from middle- or low-income countries. While the effectiveness of this...

🌍 Which factors drive international migration aspirations vs. actual out-migration? In a new CMS article, Mathias Czaika and I explore different conjunctions of migration #drivers and #policies using #QCA and #MIGNEX data across 26 communities in 10 countries. 💫 Open access here: shorturl.at/li258

Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker

@j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social

1 year ago

Handbook of Research Methods in Migration "Handbook of Research Methods in Migration" published on 15 Oct 2024 by Edward Elgar Publishing.

The 2nd edition of the Handbook on Research Methods in #migration is out, edited by Will Allen & Carlos Vargas-Silva! My chapter is on how to use satellite maps to build sampling frames. Some chapters are #OpenAccess, including my own, drawing on #MIGNEX experiences. 👉 tinyurl.com/4pydknxs

Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker

@j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social

1 year ago

Which societal circumstances and individual characteristics make people wish to migrate to another country? We talked to 13,000 people in 10 countries to answer this question in our #MIGNEX *World Development* article - open access here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…