An analysis of countries’ influence through international migration network
Abstract
The study employs the network approach to the problem of international migration. The international migration is represented as a network (or weighted-directed graph) where the nodes correspond to countries and the edges correspond to migration flows. The study reveals a set of critical or central elements in the network. Various existing centrality measures were calculated and several long-range interaction centrality (LRIC) were designed. The results are based on the United Nations International Migration Flows Database (version 2008, 2015) that provides the annual dyadic estimates of migration flows between countries.
About the Authors
Fuad Aleskerov
National Research University Higher School of Economics; Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia Meshcheryakova
National Research University Higher School of Economics; Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna Rezypova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey Shvydun
National Research University Higher School of Economics; Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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