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EMIG 1.2: A Global Time Series of Annual Emigration Flows
Author(s) -
Moses Jonathon W.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12026
Subject(s) - emigration , series (stratigraphy) , aggregate (composite) , falling (accident) , demographic economics , political science , economics , geography , development economics , psychology , geology , law , paleontology , materials science , psychiatry , composite material
EMIG 1.2 is a new, open‐source emigration database, based on over 6,500 observations covering 155 countries between 1850 and 2008, which can be used in both aggregate and TSCS analyses. Using comparisons, I show that EMIG 1.2 complements and extends alternative databases. Still, I need to solicit help from area specialists to broaden and deepen its coverage. In its aggregate form, I observe two important trends: (1) the level of emigration today is lower than it was prior to the First World War (when weighted by the number of countries or people); and (2) global emigration rates have been falling since 1994.