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Labor market and institutional drivers of youth irregular migration in the Middle East and North Africa region

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dc.contributor.author Dibeh, Ghassan
dc.contributor.author Fakih, Ali
dc.contributor.author Marrouch, Walid
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-10T11:42:59Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-10T11:42:59Z
dc.date.copyright 2018 en_US
dc.date.issued 2019-06-10
dc.identifier.issn 0022-1856 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10725/10769 en_US
dc.description.abstract This article examines the drivers of youth irregular migration in the Middle East and North Africa region. A multinomial logit model is implemented to test the effect of labor market and institutional characteristics on the decision of youth to migrate using a unique and novel dataset covering young people aged 15–29 from five major Middle East and North Africa countries. Specifically, the article investigates the effect of micro determinants of irregular migration: individual socio-economic factors, wealth factors, adaptability factors, labor market factors, and institutional factors. The article finds that the labor market drivers matter more for regular rather than irregular migration amongst the youth from the Middle East and North Africa region. However, institutional settings are of great importance for any decision to migrate, be it regularly or irregularly. In addition, youth from wealthier households are more likely to express willingness to migrate using regular channels, whereas youth from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to consider the irregular route. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.title Labor market and institutional drivers of youth irregular migration in the Middle East and North Africa region en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.description.version Published en_US
dc.author.school SOB en_US
dc.author.idnumber 199490150 en_US
dc.author.idnumber 201105198 en_US
dc.author.idnumber 200200185 en_US
dc.author.department Economics en_US
dc.description.embargo N/A en_US
dc.relation.journal Journal of Industrial Relations en_US
dc.journal.volume 61 en_US
dc.journal.issue 2 en_US
dc.article.pages 225-251 en_US
dc.keywords Arab Spring en_US
dc.keywords Institutions en_US
dc.keywords Irregular migration en_US
dc.keywords Labor markets en_US
dc.keywords Youth en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185618788085 en_US
dc.identifier.ctation Dibeh, G., Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2018). Labor market and institutional drivers of youth irregular migration in the Middle East and North Africa region. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(2), 225-251. en_US
dc.author.email gdibeh@lau.edu.lb en_US
dc.author.email AFakih@lau.edu.lb en_US
dc.author.email walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb en_US
dc.identifier.tou http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php en_US
dc.identifier.url https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022185618788085 en_US
dc.orcid.id https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308 en_US
dc.orcid.id https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555 en_US
dc.author.affiliation Lebanese American University en_US


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