Statistical analysis of push and pull factors of migration: A case study of India

Investigating the Validity of Climate Migration: Empirical Evidence from the Most Polluted Countries

“…Empirical evidence concerning income level provides clear insights regarding the pushing factors of migration from these countries: poor economic growth and employment, higher unemployment, and income inequality. As compared to empirical literature, our findings confirmed the result in previous studies (e.g., Trummer et al, 2023;Khan et al, 2023;Yu et al, 2022;Shen et al, 2023;Manzoor et al, 2021;Roth & Hartnett, 2018;Wood et al, 2010;Chen et al, 2006). On the other hand, our findings did not support the study of Zanabazar et al (2021), which finds no significant relationship between migration and air pollution.…”

“…Just as we proved in empirical results, it was clear that migration was essentially caused by pushing factors. Therefore, our conclusions highlight the need for policymakers and bureaucrats to alleviate pushing factors to reduce climate-induced migration (Khan et al, 2023). In terms of social capital, the outflow of high-income and highly educated migrants due to air pollution will affect the social dynamics (Yu et al, 2022).…”

“…Trummer et al (2023) assembled data on Africa from migrant and refugee com-World Journal of Applied Economics 2024(1) munities and obtained strong results that worsening environmental conditions forced migration and displacement due to rising healthcare needs and deteriorating access to healthcare. The results of Khan et al (2023), which examined migration from India's Bihar region to the Gulf countries for the 2018-2019 period, strongly accepted the hypothesis that unemployment, low wages and weak financial conditions are significant pushing factors for migration. Manzoor et al (2021) found that economic factors such as unemployment and low-income level are pushing factors of migration from BRICS to OECD countries for the period 2000-2013.…”