IMI Working Papers
IMI has been publishing working papers since its foundation in 2006. The series presents current research in the field of international migration. In particular, the series aims to: analyse migration as part of broader global change; contribute to new theoretical approaches; and advance understanding of the multi-level forces driving migration.
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Full list of working papers
Below you will find a list of all our Working Papers. The papers are all available to download in full for free. You can also download a pdf list of the series titles.
- WP-52-2012 'Migration in times of uncertainty: On the role of economic prospects', Mathias Czaika
- WP-51-2011 'Paths to viability: transnational strategies among Ghana's small-scale ICT entrepreneurs', Linnet Taylor
- WP-50-2011 'Migration, mobility and the African city', Oliver Bakewell and Gunvor Jόnsson
- WP-49-2011 'Contextualizing immigrant inter-wave dynamics and the consequences for migration processes: Ukrainians in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands', Agnieszka Kubal and Rianne Dekker
- WP-48-2011 'Migration systems, pioneers and the role of agency', Oliver Bakewell, Hein de Haas and Agnieszka Kubal
- WP-47-2011 'How the Dutch Government stimulated the unwanted immigration from Suriname', Hans van Amersfoort
- WP-46-2011 'The role of welfare systems in affecting out-migration: the case of Central and Eastern Europe', Lucia Kureková
- WP-45-2011 'The effects of structural factors in origin countries on migration: the case of Central and Eastern Europe', Lucia Kureková
- WP-44-2011 'Studying international migration in the long(er) and short(er) durée: Contesting some and reconciling other disagreements between the structuration and morphogenesis approaches’, Ewa Morawska
- WP-43-2011 'A generic conceptual model for conducting realist qualitative research: Examples from migration studies', Theodoros Iosifides
- WP-42-2011 'The positive and the negative: Assessing critical realism and social constructionism as post-positivist approaches to empirical research in the social sciences', Justin Cruickshank
- WP-41-2011 'African migrants negotiate "home" and "belonging"', Naluwembe Binaisa
- WP-40-2011 'The Indian and Polish transnational organisational fields', Thomas Lacroix
- WP-39-2011 'Non-migrant, sedentary, immobile or 'left behind'?: Reflections on the absence of migration', Gunvor Jonsson
- WP-38-2011 'Discussing legal adaptations: perspectives on studying migrants' relationship with law in the host country', Agnieszka Kubal
- WP-37-2011 'Internal and international migration as a response to double deprivation: some evidence from India', Mathias Czaika
- WP-36-2011 'Migration and social fractionalization: double relative deprivation as a behavioural link', Mathias Czaika
- WP-35-2011 'The role of internal and international relative deprivation in global migration', Mathias Czaika and Hein de Haas
- WP-34-2011 'Leaving matters: the nature, evolution and effects of emigration policies', Hein de Haas and Simona Vezzoli
- WP-33-2011 'The effectiveness of immigration policies: a conceptual review of empirical evidence', Mathias Czaika and Hein de Haas
- WP-32-2011 'The determinants of international migration: conceptualizing policy, origin and destination effects', Hein de Haas
- WP-31-2011 'Creating and destroying diaspora strategies', Alan Gamlen
- WP-30-2011 'Cultural and symbolic dimensions of the migration-development nexus: the salience of community', Gabriele Tomei
- WP-29-2010 'Sharing the dirty job on the southern front? Italian-Libyan relations on migration and their impact on the European Union', Emanuela Paoletti and Ferruccio Pastore
- WP-28-2010 'Hometown organisations and development practices', Thomas Lacroix
- WP-27-2010 'Bonding collective? The moral infrastructures of transnational hometown networks', Thomas Lacroix
- WP-26-2010 'Blinded by security: reflections on the hardening of migratory policies in central Sahara', Julien Brachet
- WP-25-2010 'Le cadre discursif du développement. Des discours et actions politiques concrètes, aux répertoires d’action des associations de refoulés', Anaik Pian (also available in English)
- WP-24-2010 'Migration transitions - a theoretical and empirical inquiry into the developmental drivers of international migration', Hein de Haas
- WP-23-2010 'Les migrations internationales en Afrique de l’Ouest : Une dynamique de régionalisation articulée à la mondialisation', Mandiogou Ndiaye & Nelly Robin
- WP-22-2010 'Migration and development: lessons from the Mexico-US and Morocco-EU experiences', Hein de Haas & Simona Vezzoli
- WP-21-2010 'The environmental factor in migration dynamics: a review of African case studies', Gunvor Jonsson
- WP-20-2010 'Tanzanian migration imaginaries', Noel B. Salazar
- WP-19-2009 'Migration system formation and decline: a theoretical inquiry into the self-perpetuating and self-undermining dynamics of migration processes', Hein de Haas
- WP-18-2009 'The crisis and migrants' remittances: a look at Hispanics in the US', Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas-Silva
- WP-17-2009 'Intra-household tensions and conflicts of interest in migration decision-making: a case study of the Todgha valley, Morocco', Hein de Haas
- WP-16-2009 'Incident reporting: experimental data collection methods and migration governance', Darshan Vigneswaran
- WP-15-2009 'South-South migration and human development: reflections on African experiences', Oliver Bakewell
- WP-14-2009 'Mobility and human development', Hein de Haas
- WP-13-2009 'The recession and migration: alternative scenarios', Philip Martin
- WP-12-2009 'The political economy of migration processes: an agenda for migration research and analysis', Sarah Collinson
- WP-11-2008 'Insertion au marché du travail : les expériences des immigrants sénégalais à Montréal', Maguemati Wabgou
- WP-10-2008 'Migration aspirations and immobility in a Malian Soninke village', Gunvor Jonsson
- WP-9-2007 'Migration and development: a theoretical perspective', Hein de Haas
- WP-8-2007 'Keeping them in their place: the ambivalent relationship between migration and development in Africa', Oliver Bakewell
- WP-7-2007 'Comparing the experience of five major emigration countries', Stephen Castles
- WP-6-2007 'North African migration systems: evolution, transformations and development linkages', Hein de Haas
- WP-5-2007 'The meaning and use of identity papers: handheld and heartfelt nationality in the borderlands of North West Zambia', Oliver Bakewell
- WP-4-2007 'Circular migration: the way forward in global policy?', Steven Vertovec
- WP-3-2007 'Impact of international migration on social and economic development in Moroccan sending regions: a review of empirical literature', Hein de Haas
- WP-2-2006 'Turning the tide? Why 'development instead of migration' policies are bound to fail', Hein de Haas
- WP-1-2006 'Back to the future? Can Europe meet its labour needs through temporary migration?', Stephen Castles
