How community organizations moderate the effect of armed conflict on migration in Nepal

Bibliographic Data

ID5115293
AuthorsNathalie E Williams (0000-0002-1818-4341, University of Washington, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume67
Issue3
Pages353-369
Publication date2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.2012.754927
PMID23356735
PMCIDPMC3674115
OpenAlexW2030095045
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited75

This study analyses micro-level variability in migration during armed conflict in Nepal. The analysis is based on a multi-dimensional model of individual out-migration that examines the economic, social, and political consequences of conflict and how community organizations condition the experience of these consequences and systematically alter migration patterns. Detailed data on violent events and individual behaviour during the Maoist insurrection in Nepal and multi-level event-history analysis were used to test the model. The results indicate that community organizations reduced the effect of conflict on out-migration by providing resources that helped people cope with danger, as well as with the economic, social, and political consequences of the conflict. The evidence suggests that the conflict caused the population to be systematically redistributed in a way that will probably affect its future socio-demographic composition--the extent of the redistribution depending on the resources available in each community

Affect (linguistics) · Armed conflict · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Population · Redistribution (election) · Social conflict · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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