Our researchers Lucia Mýtna Kureková and Lucia Kováčová, in collaboration with Oliver Bakewell (University of Manchester), are the authors of a Horizon project PACES publication: Non-Migration Policies and Mobility Decisions. It has been published in cooperation with the International Migration Institute, a leading global hub promoting new thinking about migration as an intrinsic part of global change and development.
The working paper explores theoretical and empirical research examining the ways in which different policy arenas affect people’s decisions to migrate. The authors propose an analytical framework to assess various qualities of non-migration policies in a systematic way, focusing on four diverse policy areas: agricultural policy, transport policy, education policy and social welfare policy. They analyse evidence for their direct impact on migration decisions or their indirect effects as they shape the decision-making context. These policy areas are chosen as examples of different types of policies in terms of their source of impact, level, locus and logic of impact, and – effectively - mechanisms through which they shape decision-making of migrants. The proposed review is not comprehensive, it rather sets ground for further systematic theoretical and empirical thinking about the role of non-migration policies in migration decision-making.
The Working Paper can be downloaded here: https://www.iss.nl/en/media/2024-07-pacesworking-paper-n4-bakewellimi-n182
More information on the PACES project: https://www.prog.sav.sk/en/making-migration-and-migration-policy-decisions-amidst-societal-transformations/
