Are Forced Migrants More Skilled
A Theoretical Model of Self-Selection in Forced Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11102002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nermin Oruč (0000-0001-5026-9153, Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, [email protected], corresponding author), Ian Jackson (0000-0001-5652-9091, University of Wolverhampton, UK, [email protected]), Geoff Pugh (0000-0002-9596-1757, University of Staffordshire), Geoffrey Pugh (Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, [email protected]) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-254 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Southeastern Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-4467 • E-ISSN: 1876-3332 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763332-04303002 |
| OpenAlex | W2995643010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article fills a gap in theories of forced migration. We present a new model, motivated by specific features of forced migration during a conflict which do not feature in existing migration models. We incorporate the relative deprivation hypothesis and a new “restoration” hypothesis in order to better explain forced migration as a two-stage process, which starts with conflict and, in some cases, forced displacement in the first stage and continues with emigration in the second stage. A particular feature of our model is that it predicts self-selection of highly skilled individuals into international migration as a result of conflict, since the “restoration” hypothesis assumes that individuals with higher income before conflict are most under pressure to restore their previous income through emigration. The model used in this article to analyse conflict-induced migration could also motivate further modelling to better match the characteristics of migration induced by natural disasters (which are expected to increase in the future as a result of climate change) as well as by large development projects
Demographic economics · Development economics · Displacement (psychology · Economics · Emigration · Forced migration · Political science · Refugee · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Relative deprivation and social justice
Some Thoughts on the Distribution of Earnings 1
The Costs and Returns of Human Migration
New diasporas
Labour migration as a response to relative deprivation
The Costs and Returns of Human Migration
Some Welfare Aspects of International Migration
Refugee or Internally Displaced Person
Civil Conflict and Displacement
Motivation and opportunity for conflict-induced migration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |