Leaving, Staying, or Coming Back? : Migration Decisions during the Northern Mali Conflict
This paper uses a unique data set to analyze the migration dynamics of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people during the Northern Mali conflict. Individuals were interviewed monthly using mobile phones. The results cast light on the c...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314851490196178166/Leaving-staying-or-coming-back-migration-decisions-during-the-northern-Mali-conflict http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26353 |
| Summary: | This paper uses a unique data set to
analyze the migration dynamics of refugees, returnees, and
internally displaced people during the Northern Mali
conflict. Individuals were interviewed monthly using mobile
phones. The results cast light on the characteristics of
these three groups before and after the crisis. In addition,
the paper tests how employment status, security, and
expectations affect people's willingness to go back
home. The findings suggest that the decision to return is
affected by a comparison of (opportunity) costs and
benefits, but also by other factors. Individuals who are
employed while displaced are less willing to go back to the
North, as are better educated individuals or those receiving
assistance. The opposite is true for those whose ethnicity
is Songhai, as well as for those who originated from Kidal.
The results show that higher educated individuals performed
better when displaced and in case they decide to return,
they find a job more easily. |
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