Hit and (they will) run: The impact of terrorism on migration

Axel Dreher, Tim Krieger and Daniel Meierrieks

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 113, issue 1, 42-46

Abstract: We analyze the influence of terrorism on migration for 152 countries during 1976-2000. We find robust evidence that terrorism is among the 'push factors' of skilled migration, whereas it is not robustly associated with average migration.

Keywords: Terrorism; Skilled; migration; Brain; drain; Panel; estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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