Does violence lead to flight from cities in the developing world? This paper estimates the
effect of violent crime in municipalities of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala on the …

In migration and refugee studies, migrant deaths have frequently been closely linked to
contemporary forms of border and migration governance. Migrant deaths at sea have also …

Humanitarian policies aimed at welcoming forced migrants may yield unexpected economic
dividends. This article focuses on the trade and investment links forged by refugees between …

We explore the role of workers' remittances in supporting vigilante organisations in Mexico.
Research on remittances posits both a positive and a negative effect on collective action …

Today, growing numbers of mothers and children are fleeing Mexico and Central America.
Most scholars attribute this displacement to organized crime, and a few note the importance …

We explore at the municipality level how the climate of criminal violence has affected the
flow of remittances to Mexico. Using a panel of municipalities in the years 2006 and 2010 …

Criminal violence in Latin American cities is increasing. Meanwhile, with urbanization,
greater numbers of people are moving to cities and into the crossfire. What self-protection …

For over a decade, the Mexican government has invested itself in a" frontal attack" on drug
trafficking organizations with catastrophic results. Little to nothing has been gained in …

This paper estimates the impact of violence on domestic and international migration in
Mexico during 2005-2020. Unlike earlier studies, we use network analysis to quantify …

We examine the relationship between the lynching of African Americans in the southern
United States and subsequent county out-migration of the victims' surviving family members …