TY - UNPB

T1 - The Gravity Model of Forced Displacement Using Mobile Phone Data

AU - Beine, Michel

AU - Bertinelli, Luisito

AU - Comertpay, Rana

AU - Litina, Anastasia

AU - Maystadt, Jean-Francois

PY - 2020/3/31

Y1 - 2020/3/31

N2 - Based on geolocalized mobile phone calls data, we study the mobility of refugees in Turkey. We employ a gravity model to estimate the determinants of refugee movements across 26 regions in 2017. To benchmark our findings, we estimate the same model for the mobility of individuals with a non-refugee status. Beyond the standard determinants such as the levels of income at origin, at destination and distances across regions, we find that networks, provision of humanitarian aid and asylum grants are important determinants of refugee mobility. Our paper deepens our understanding on how forcibly displaced people may respond to economic, social and political factors in their location decision.

AB - Based on geolocalized mobile phone calls data, we study the mobility of refugees in Turkey. We employ a gravity model to estimate the determinants of refugee movements across 26 regions in 2017. To benchmark our findings, we estimate the same model for the mobility of individuals with a non-refugee status. Beyond the standard determinants such as the levels of income at origin, at destination and distances across regions, we find that networks, provision of humanitarian aid and asylum grants are important determinants of refugee mobility. Our paper deepens our understanding on how forcibly displaced people may respond to economic, social and political factors in their location decision.

KW - Refugee Mobility

KW - Gravity Model of Migration

KW - Forced Displacement

KW - Mobile Phone Data

KW - News Media

KW - Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood

M3 - Working paper

T3 - Economics Working Papers Series

BT - The Gravity Model of Forced Displacement Using Mobile Phone Data

PB - Lancaster University, Department of Economics

CY - Lancaster

ER -