Criminal Activities and Migration

12 hours ago

Natural intuition suggests fleeing from unpleasant events, such as moving away from areas with high criminal activity.
A study investigated if spikes in criminal violence lead to disproportionate emigration in Mexico, focusing on internal migration networks.
Using network science and noise-corrected backboning, researchers measured statistically significant changes in migration flows between municipalities over time.
Violence was found to be associated with increased emigration, including a 5% rise in emigration to the U.S. and a 3% drop in return migration.
The results confirm intuition: violence discourages people from staying, though further exploration in other contexts is needed.

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