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We examine the effect of climate change on fertility rates and human capital accumulation in developing countries …, focusing on the instrumental role of migration. In particular, we investigate how climate-induced migration in developing …
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In this paper, we show that drought has a positive effect on the incidence of civil war over the 1945-2005 period in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use the Palmer Drought Severity Index which is a richer measurement of drought than the measures used in the literature (rainfall and temperature) as it...
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The South-North migration corridor, i.e. migration flows to the EU from Africa, the Middle East and EU neighbouring … countries in the East, have overtaken the East-West migration corridor, i.e. migration flows from Central and East European … countries to the EU15 and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). This is likely to dominate migration flows into the EU …
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Migration is one of the strategies used by populations to adapt to natural shocks and also to respond to economic …
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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …
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