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Positive Peace - A Driver of Migration? A Quantitative Study of the Relationship between Positive Peace and Intra-European Migration

Lindberg, Erik LU (2023) FKVK02 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Migration studies have generally focused either on broad drivers that are difficult to operationalize, such as quality of life and standard of living, or a few specific, predominantly economic, drivers. Hence, broader explanations for migration have been understudied, especially quantitively. Similarly, peace studies have traditionally favored narrow conceptualizations of peace. This study aims to widen the scope of peace studies through exploring the explanatory value of positive peace as a driver of migration. Thus, the study tests if and how positive peace, or the absence thereof, can be seen as a pull- or push-factor of migration. This is conducted through a quantitative examination of the relationship between positive peace,... (More)
Migration studies have generally focused either on broad drivers that are difficult to operationalize, such as quality of life and standard of living, or a few specific, predominantly economic, drivers. Hence, broader explanations for migration have been understudied, especially quantitively. Similarly, peace studies have traditionally favored narrow conceptualizations of peace. This study aims to widen the scope of peace studies through exploring the explanatory value of positive peace as a driver of migration. Thus, the study tests if and how positive peace, or the absence thereof, can be seen as a pull- or push-factor of migration. This is conducted through a quantitative examination of the relationship between positive peace, operationalized as the Positive Peace Index, and intra-European migration in the period 2013-2019. The results show a statistically significant relationship between positive peace and intra-European immigration, as well as between positive peace and intra-European net migration. However, the results do not find support for a statistically significant relationship between positive peace and intra-European emigration. (Less)
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author
Lindberg, Erik LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Positive peace, Positive Peace Index, migration, intra-European migration, quantitative analysis
language
English
id
9116934
date added to LUP
2023-08-27 17:13:45
date last changed
2023-08-27 17:13:45
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  abstract     = {{Migration studies have generally focused either on broad drivers that are difficult to operationalize, such as quality of life and standard of living, or a few specific, predominantly economic, drivers. Hence, broader explanations for migration have been understudied, especially quantitively. Similarly, peace studies have traditionally favored narrow conceptualizations of peace. This study aims to widen the scope of peace studies through exploring the explanatory value of positive peace as a driver of migration. Thus, the study tests if and how positive peace, or the absence thereof, can be seen as a pull- or push-factor of migration. This is conducted through a quantitative examination of the relationship between positive peace, operationalized as the Positive Peace Index, and intra-European migration in the period 2013-2019. The results show a statistically significant relationship between positive peace and intra-European immigration, as well as between positive peace and intra-European net migration. However, the results do not find support for a statistically significant relationship between positive peace and intra-European emigration.}},
  author       = {{Lindberg, Erik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Positive Peace - A Driver of Migration? A Quantitative Study of the Relationship between Positive Peace and Intra-European Migration}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}