Neues Arbeitspapier von T. Krieger, L. Renner und L. Schmid: Where do Migrants from Countries Ridden by Environmental Conflict Settle? On the Scale, Selection and Sorting of Conflict-induced Migration

Abstract:

Environmentally  induced conflicts  can  trigger  migration.  This  paper  analyzes  the  location decisions of migrants, i.e., the ‘sorting’ of migrants into alternative destinations. We argue that this sorting depends on a variety of factors. The selection of migrants affects preferences overwhere  to  settle  and  depends  on  the  underlying  type  of  environmentally  induced  conflict. In addition to (transport-related) migration costs, migration governance shapes the sorting pattern of migrants. Immigration policies in destination countries impose further costs to migration or even prevent settlement. At the same time, national immigration policies depend on the ‘supply’ of  migrants  that  are  expected  to  arrive,  as  well  as  on  other  countries’  policies  regarding  immigration. In  addition,  coordination  failure  of  destination  countries  may  feed  back  to  the  sorting decisions of migrants. The chapter discusses sorting not only from a theoretically but also  empirical  perspective,  thereby  highlighting  both  existing  studies  on  sorting  and  the  empirical challenges to analyzing sorting behavior in the context of migration that is induced by environmental conflict. 

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