Asylum Applications and Migration Flows

Missirian, Anouch; Schlenker, Wolfram

doi:10.1257/aer.p20171051

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“…If climate damages are largest in poorer locations then labor movement to richer locations could reduce the regressive impacts of climate. However, pre-existing barriers to labor mobility may prevent equalization of marginal labor productivity across locations (Desmet, Nagy, and Rossi-Hansberg, 2015;Missirian, Schlenker et al, 2017), and climate changes may directly affect the feasibility of migration in the presence of credit constraints (Kleemans and Magruder, Forthcoming).…”

Section: Some Policy Considerations Concerning Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

The Distribution of Environmental Damages

Hsiang¹,

Oliva²,

Walker³

2019

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

138

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Most regulations designed to reduce environmental externalities impose costs on individuals and firms. An active body of research has explored how these costs are disproportionately born by different sectors of the economy and/or across different groups of individuals. However, much less is known about the distributional characteristics of the environmental benefits created by these policies, or conversely, the differences in environmental damages associated with existing environmental externalities. We review this burgeoning literature and develop a simple and general framework for focusing future empirical investigations. We apply our framework to findings related to the economic impact of air pollution, deforestation, and climate, highlighting important areas for future research. A recurring challenge to understanding the distributional effects of environmental damages is distinguishing between cases where (i) populations are exposed to different levels or changes in an environmental good, and (ii) where an incremental change in the environment may have very different implications for some populations. In the latter case, it is often difficult to empirically identify the underlying sources of heterogeneity in marginal damages, as damages may stem from either non-linear and/or heterogeneous damage functions. Nonetheless, understanding the determinants of heterogeneity in environmental benefits and damages is crucial for welfare analysis and policy design.

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Section: Some Policy Considerations Concerning Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

The Distribution of Environmental Damages

Hsiang¹,

Oliva²,

Walker³

2019

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

138

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“…9 For example, Munshi (2003), Baez et al (2017), Cai et al (2015), Gröger andZylberberg (2016), Bohra-Mishra et al (2014), Hanson and Spilimbergo (1999), Abarcar (2017), Kleemans and Magruder (forth. ), Hatton and Williamson (1993), Marchiori et al (2012), Hornbeck (2012), Missirian and Schlenker (2017), Hanson and McIntosh (2012), and Clemens (2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and US Immigration

Mahajan

Yang

2020

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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Do negative shocks in origin countries encourage or inhibit international migration? What roles do networks play in modifying out-migration responses? The answers to these questions are not theoretically obvious, and past empirical findings are equivocal. We examine the impact of hurricanes on a quarter century of international migration to the United States. Hurricanes increase migration to the United States, with the effect’s magnitude increasing in the size of prior migrant stocks. We provide new insights into how networks facilitate legal, permanent US immigration in response to origin country shocks, a matter of growing importance as climate change increases natural disaster impacts. (JEL F22, J15, Q54, Z13)

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“…Our study differs from Neumayer (2005) in terms of the time period considered and countries covered, the empirical design used and, most importantly, the results obtained regarding several factors at play in destination countries. 5 Our study is also related to recent work by Missirian and Schlenker (2017) who examined the outcomes of asylum claims in host countries. Unlike these authors who hypothesize close scrutiny of applications or their inadequacy to explain the important rejection rates within the European Union, we show by regression analysis some measurable factors at play in the decisionmaking process in host countries.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Similarly, Missirian and Schlenker (2017) provide some interesting trends in asylum applications by showing that over the period 2000-2015, more than 60 percent of asylum applications are directed towards EU or OECD countries, and that most of the applications to the EU and OECD countries come from non-neighbors. Although the EU countries receive the large majority of applicants, they present the lowest acceptance rate (13 percent) of refugee status according to the 1951 Geneva Convention.…”

Section: Geographical Orientation Of Asylum Seekersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conventional analyses of asylum applications focus on the determinants of asylum applications, but only a handful of studies investigate the determinants of refugee status determination (Neumayer, 2005;Missirian and Schlenker, 2017). Our study differs from Neumayer (2005) in terms of the time period considered and countries covered, the empirical design used and, most importantly, the results obtained regarding several factors at play in destination countries.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries

Issifou

2020

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Asylum Applications and Migration Flows

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

The Distribution of Environmental Damages

The Distribution of Environmental Damages

Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and US Immigration

Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries

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