Laboratory

Migration and Mobility

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Estimating Migration and Mobility after Natural Disasters

Emilio Zagheni; in Collaboration with Monica Alexander (University of Toronto, Canada), Kivan Polimis (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)

We develop methods to complement surveys and data from social media platforms in order to produce timely estimates of mobility and migration after natural disasters. These approaches are relevant for rapid responses as well as improving theories of migration.  Detailed Description

Publications

Klein, J. D.; Weber, I. G.; Zagheni, E.:

Stop, in the name of COVID! Using social media data to estimate the effects of COVID-19-related travel restrictions on migration

Demography, 1–19. (2024)    

Alexander, M. J.; Polimis, K.; Zagheni, E.:

The impact of Hurricane Maria on out-migration from Puerto Rico: evidence from Facebook data

Population and Development Review 45:3, 617–630. (2019)