Conflicts and natural disasters as drivers of forced migrations in a gravity-type approach

Luca Buzzanca, Caterina Conigliani () and Valeria Costantini
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Luca Buzzanca: Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
Caterina Conigliani: Roma Tre University, Italy

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2023, vol. 10, issue 3, 254-273

Abstract: The literature identifies three main drivers for forced migration, namely conflict, food insecurity, and natural and man-made disasters, although finds no empirical consensus on the association between climate change and migrations. Aim of this study is to identify the different push and pull factors of forced migration in different regions of the world by means of gravity-type models. Particular attention is devoted to determining the effects of climatic factors and conflicts, while controlling for the economic, political and social relationship between the origin and the destination countries. We model both total forced migration, that includes refugees, asylum seekers, internal displacements, and returnees, and cross-border forced migrations. Finally, we consider a full panel data analysis and estimate both fixed effects and random effects model specifications.

Keywords: forced migration; Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); conflicts; natural disasters; climate change; gravity models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D74 F22 O15 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2023.10.3(17)

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