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Can foreign aid reduce the desire to emigrate? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial Open

Miranda Simon, Cassilde Schwartz, David Hudson · 2024

Parallel to traditional immigration control policies, states send substantial amounts of foreign aid to address the root causes of migration. Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT), we evaluate a representative type of “root causes” aid…

Refugee Resettlement and Preferences Open

Mollie Gerver, Faten Ghosn, Miranda Simon · 2024

Political science Sociology

Aid organizations spend considerable time lobbying for aid to be sent to refugees in poorer states, rather than campaigning for more refugees to be resettled to wealthy states. Lawmakers in wealthy countries similarly tend to focus on aidi…

How governance under the ‘grand compromise’ affects refugee preferences for relocation: evidence from Syrian refugees in Lebanon Open

Miranda Simon, Alex Braithwaite, Michael Frith, Faten Ghosn · 2024

Political science Business Sociology

We examine how governance actors in first-asylum countries affect refugees' relocation preferences. We argue that external humanitarian actors and host country actors can have different effects on refugees' aspiration and perceived ability…

The immigration discrimination dilemma Open

Mollie Gerver, Miranda Simon, Patrick L. Lown, Dominik Duell · 2024

Political science Sociology Philosophy

This article presents moral dilemmas that arise when expressing an argument persuades citizens to support rights for migrants, but also persuades citizens to support rights for some migrants and not others. We draw upon an original survey …

Using Aid to Control Migration Open

James Christensen, Miranda Simon · 2023

Political science Sociology Economics

This article examines the practice of using aid to control migration, which we refer to as ‘inducement aid’. We examine two potential objections to inducement aid, each of which concerns a message that the practice communicates to two corr…

Replication Data for: Law Breaking and Law Bending: How International Migrants Negotiate with State Borders Open

Cassilde Schwartz, David Hudson, Miranda Simon, Shane D. Johnson · 2022

Political science Computer science Sociology

Many countries have become increasingly aggressive in their efforts to stop unauthorized migration, but most evidence suggests that immigration enforcement policies do not effectively deter migrants. We draw on literature from social psych…

Covid-19 insecurities and migration aspirations Open

Miranda Simon, Cassilde Schwartz, David Hudson · 2022

Medicine

Using an original survey, this paper examines how pandemic-driven insecurities have affected aspirations to migrate internationally among youth in The Gambia. We find that individuals perceive wide inequalities between their government’s p…

Covid-19 insecurities and migration aspirations Open

Miranda Simon, Cassilde Schwartz, David Hudson · 2022

Political science Economics Geography

Using an original survey, this paper examines how pandemic-driven insecurities have affected aspirations to migrate internationally among youth in The Gambia. We find that individuals perceive wide inequalities between their government’s p…

Replication Data for: Covid-19 Insecurities and Migration Aspirations Open

Miranda Simon · 2021

Psychology Biology Medicine

Using an original survey, this paper examines how pandemic-driven insecurities have affected aspirations to migrate internationally among youth in The Gambia. We find that individuals perceive wide inequalities between their government's p…

Covid-19 Insecurities and Migration Aspirations Open

Miranda Simon, Cassilde Schwartz, David Hudson · 2021

Political science Biology Medicine

Using an original survey, this paper examines how pandemic-driven insecurities have affected aspirations to migrate internationally among youth in The Gambia. We find that individuals perceive wide inequalities between their government’s p…

The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return Open

Faten Ghosn, Tiffany S. Chu, Miranda Simon, Alex Braithwaite, Michael Frith , et al. · 2021

Political science Psychology Economics

While the UNHCR promotes voluntary repatriation as the preferred solution to refugee situations, there is little understanding of variation in refugees’ preferences regarding return. We develop a theoretical framework suggesting two mechan…

Replication Data for Journey Back Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return Open

Faten Ghosn, Tiffany S. Chu, Miranda Simon, Alex Braithwaite, Michael Frith , et al. · 2021

Psychology Computer science Political science

Replication data for Journey Back Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return

Law Breaking and Law Bending: How International Migrants Negotiate with State Borders Open

Cassilde Schwartz, Miranda Simon, David Hudson, Shane Johnson · 2020

Political science Economics Sociology

Many countries have become increasingly aggressive in their efforts to stop unauthorized migration, but most evidence suggests that immigration enforcement policies do not effectively deter migrants. We draw on literature from social psych…

A Populist Paradox? How Brexit Softened Anti-Immigrant Attitudes Open

Cassilde Schwartz, Miranda Simon, David Hudson, Jennifer vanHeerde‐Hudson · 2020

Political science Sociology Economics

Recent political contests across Europe and North America have been propelled by a wave of populist, anti-immigrant resentment, and it was widely expected that these populist victories would further fan the flames of xenophobia. This artic…

BJPS_Codebook.pdf Open