Laboratory

Migration and Mobility

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Temporal Effects in Migration Measurement: Evidence from Geo-Referenced Digital Trace Data

Emilio Zagheni; in Collaboration with Guy Abel (Shanghai University, China), Johnathan Wayne Hill, Lee Fiorio (both: University of Washington, Seattle, USA), Gabriel Pestre (Data-Pop Alliance, New York, USA), Emmanuel Letouzé (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA), Jixuan Cai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

Geo-referenced digital trace data often provide detailed information about people’s movements. This project leverages the spatial and temporal granularity of such data to measure aggregate population flows at multiple time scales.  Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Data and Surveys, Migration

Region keywords:

Europe, Senegal, USA

Publications

Fiorio, L.; Zagheni, E.; Abel, G. J.; Hill, J.; Pestre, G.; Letouzé, E.; Cai, J.:
Demography 58:1, 51–74. (2021)    
Fiorio, L.; Zagheni, E.; Abel, G. J.; Hill, J.; Pestre, G.; Letouzé, E.; Cai, J.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-024. (2020)    
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. It's part of the Max Planck Society, the internationally renowned German research society.