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Leading economists agree: closing borders is not the answer to inequality
Building a great big wall will not close the gap. Jorge Duenes/Reuters US President Donald Trump wants to build a wall along the US-Mexican border. Britain wants to retreat into its shell to become an isolated island state ...
Inequality Immigration RefugeesBlog
How should the international community respond to migration and refugees?In our previous blog , we looked at some of the key facts about international migration and identified a few areas that, from an economist’s perspective, need attention...
Emigration and immigration RefugeesBlog
An economist’s view on migration and refugeesFew issues have been so contentious in recent years as international migration. The refugee crisis sparked not least by the Syrian war has shown that policies governing migration are in a tangle...
Emigration and immigration RefugeesBook
Poverty, International Migration and AsylumThis book examines the economic consequences of immigration and asylum migration. It focuses on the economic consequences of legal and illegal immigration as well as placing the study of immigration in a global context...
Emigration and immigration Minorities PovertyBook Chapter
Asylum Policy in the West: Past Trends, Future PoliciesFrom the book: Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
Emigration and immigration Public welfare RefugeesBook Chapter
Asylum Migration: Implications for Countries of OriginFrom the book: Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
Economic development Emigrant remittances Emigration and immigrationBook Chapter
Poverty, International Migration and Asylum: IntroductionFrom the book: Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
Emigration and immigration Minorities PovertyPolicy Brief
Poverty, International Migration and AsylumThis WIDER Policy Brief examins issues such as liberalizing migration policies; protecting refugees in regions of origin; addressing the root causes of migration and refugee flows; influencing perceptions of the costs and benefits of migration; and d...
Equality and inequality Labour mobility PovertyWorking Paper
Asylum Policy in the West: Past Trends, Future PossibilitiesThis article examines the policy responses of Western countries in the realm of asylum. We begin by explaining the reasons why the asylum issue has made its way up the political agendas of liberal democratic countries in recent years...
Emigration and immigration Public welfare RefugeesWorking Paper
Asylum Migration and Implications for Countries of OriginThe purpose of this paper is to synthesize what is known about the influence of asylum migration on countries of origin. It combines an analysis of data, a review of the literature and empirical examples from our own research...
Economic development Emigrant remittances Emigration and immigrationBook
War, Hunger, and Displacement: Weak States and Vulnerable Economies : Humanitarian Emergencies in Developing CountriesSince the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today...
International relations Malnutrition RefugeesBook
War, Hunger, and Displacement: The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies : War and Displacement in Developing CountriesCivil wars in developing countries are amongst the most significant sources of human suffering in the world today...
Humanitarian assistance International relations RefugeesBook Chapter
Political Causes of Humanitarian EmergenciesFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Ethnic relations Human rights RefugeesWorking Paper
Political Sources of Humanitarian EmergenciesThis diagnostic study explores the political conditions that are associated with humanitarian emergencies. It employs a risk rather than cause-effect methodology. Humanitarian emergencies are not random events...
Ethnic relations Human rights Refugees