6 papers
Debt relief and remittances can offset foreign aid cuts for most countries, but some remain locked out
Andrea Vismara, Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Rosie Hayward
In 2025, bilateral foreign aid was reduced by 23%, affecting more than 130 aid recipient countries. We assess whether debt service relief or remittance increases can match the USD…
Comorbidity Network Analysis Reveals Diagnostic Disparities Between Austrian and Non-Austrian Inpatients: A Population-Wide Cohort Study
Elma Dervic, Andrea Vismara, Remah Dahdoul +2
International migrants face well-documented barriers to healthcare access, yet the extent to which these barriers shape patterns of disease co-occurrence remains poorly understood.…
Who burdens the welfare state? Migration and ageing in housing, education, and healthcare demand
Guillermo Prieto-Viertel, Carsten Källner, Elma Dervic +3
Political discourse attributes the pressure on European welfare systems to foreign nationals. Yet projections of service demand rarely disaggregate service demand by citizenship st…
Migrants as First Responders: A Global Estimate of Disaster-Driven Remittances
Andrea Vismara, Ola Ali, Carsten Källner +2
International remittances represent a vital source of disaster adaptation finance for households around the world, yet their responsiveness to environmental disasters remains poorl…
Arriving Young, Leaving Old(er): Age-Structured International Migration on Subnational Scale in Austria
Carsten Källner, Ola Ali, Andrea Vismara +2
Modelling migration is complicated, as people move for many reasons. Some leave their country for the first time, others return to places they once called home, or move on to new d…
Refugees' path to legal stability is long and systematically unequal
Ola Ali, Elma Dervic, Guillermo Prieto-Viertel +4
Legal systems shape not only the recognition of migrants and refugees but also the pace and stability of their integration. Refugees often shift between multiple legal classificati…