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Leaving home : cumulative climate shocks and migration in sub-Saharan Africa
Di Falco, Salvatore; Kis, Anna B.; Viarengo, Martina; … - In: Environmental and resource economics 87 (2024) 1, pp. 321-345
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Heterogeneity in migration responses to climate shocks : evidence from Madagascar
Marchetta, Francesca; Sahn, David E.; Tiberti, Luca; … - 2021
We analyze the impact of climate events on migration among a cohort of young adults residing in rural Madagascar. We … find a strong negative impact of drought on the decision of youth to migrate in the year after the adverse weather shock … cushion the blow of the shock on the resources required to finance migration. We also find that households that report more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419131
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Heterogeneity in migration responses to climate shocks : evidence from Madagascar
Marchetta, Francesca; Sahn, David E.; Tiberti, Luca; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013271339
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopulos, Stelios - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333112
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The growth effects of El Niño and La Niña : local weather conditions matter
Couharde, Cécile; Damette, Olivier; Generoso, Rémi; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154648
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The growth effects of El Niño and La Niña : local weather conditions matter
Couharde, Cécile; Damette, Olivier; Generoso, Rémi; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224607
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopulos, Stelios - 2013
This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a society's history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances did not lead to a collapse of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009693400
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Climate shocks in the anthropocene era : should net domestic product be affected by climate disasters?
Nakamura, Leonard Isamu; Sliker, Brian - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014445265
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Climate Shocks, Cyclones, and Economic Growth : Bridging the Micro-Macro Gap
Bakkensen, Laura - 2018
into macroeconomic climate-economy models. This paper proposes a joint empirical-structural approach to bridge this gap for … a stochastic growth model for 40 vulnerable countries and project welfare effects of climate-driven cyclone risk changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480548
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Fertility Response to Climate Shocks
Dessy, Sylvain - 2019
In communities highly dependent on rain fed agriculture for their livelihoods, the common occurrence of climatic shocks such as droughts can lower the opportunity cost of having children, and raise fertility. Using longitudinal household data from Madagascar, we estimate the causal effect of...
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