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Transport and Mobility Laboratory: Research projects
Discrete Choice Models
We identify new solutions to transportation problems, on the ground, in the air, or on the sea, transport of people or goods, whatever the mode. We focus on technical solutions, but also on their impact on the system as a whole. We are also interested in the interactions of the transportation systems with the land use, the economy, the environment, etc.
Migration and Discrete Choice Models (MIGDCM)


International migration is at the forefront of policy debates in most countries around the world. In industrialized nations, the proportion of foreigners in total population increased from 4.5 to 12 percent between 1960 and 2019, stirring up fears about economic costs for natives, loss of national identity, and integration issues. In poor countries, international migration raises concerns about the brain drain of highly-skilled workers, as college and university graduates have a much greater propensity to emigrate internationally than the less educated. Hence, the questions of how many people migrate (i.e., migration intensity}, which people migrate first or are more likely to migrate (i.e., migrants' selection), and where migrants choose to settle (i.e., migrants' sorting) have been analyzed from all possible angles in recent literature. Specifically, understanding how people revise their decisions about whether to emigrate, and where to, when facing changes in the global environment is of crucial importance for decision-makers.
- Principal investigator
- Michel Bierlaire
- Project managers
- Silvia Varotto, Evangelos Paschalidis
- Sponsor
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Period
- March 01, 2022-March 31, 2025
- External collaboration
- Prof. Michel Beine (University of Luxemburg)
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Expertise
- Transportation Research
- Operations Research
- Discrete Choice Models
Methods
Modeling, optimization, simulation
Research themes
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