The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This
article provides an interim overview of these effects, with a particular focus on low-and …

Since COVID-19 broke out, there has been renewed interest in understanding the economic
and social dynamics of historical and more recent epidemics and pandemics, from the …

The initial spread of COVID-19 halted economic activity as countries around the world
restricted the mobility of their citizens. As a result, many migrant workers returned home …

Using detailed microdata, we document how migration-dependent households are
especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. We create pre-and post-COVID panel …

The COVID-19 pandemic created a worldwide crisis of immobility as international borders
closed. All over the world, migrants have been sent home, prevented from taking up …

Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and
economies of their points of departure and destinations alike. The water sector, and the …

This study explores the relationship between migration and household resilience during a
global crisis that eliminated the option to migrate. We link prior data from four populations in …

Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the
expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future …

In developing economies, rural households send their members to urban areas to cope with
idiosyncratic shocks by sharing resources through internal remittances, which are more …

With few exceptions, the European Council closed Europe for non-citizen travellers on 17
March 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many African countries, including Nigeria …