Drivers of Human Migration: A Review of Scientific Evidence

Dino Pitoski, Thomas J. Lampoltshammer and Peter Parycek
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Dino Pitoski: Department for E-Governance and Administration, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria
Thomas J. Lampoltshammer: Department for E-Governance and Administration, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria
Peter Parycek: Department for E-Governance and Administration, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: While migration research is at the peak of its productivity, a substantial gap persists between scientific evidence and policy action. As societal complexity increases, migration theory loses track on the numerous factors of human migration; the information on the most relevant factors affecting human migration (i.e., migration drivers), essential for policy decision-making, are hidden and dispersed across the ever-growing literature. Introducing a novel approach to conducting a literature review, emphasizing an unbiased selection of literature and the approach to analysing literature by coding, we collect evidence on the most pertinent migration factors. The study establishes a methodology for a quick but rigorous, collaborative gathering of evidence, as well as an initial inventory and an interactive map of nearly 200 factors working at different migration corridors.

Keywords: migration drivers; migration factors; review methodology; evidence collection; relevance ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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