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 …

Our work is positioned at the intersection of migration and climate change-two key forces shaping the economic outlook … explaining migration patterns; (ii) importance of climate disasters as driver of cross-border migration; and (iii) the importance … of climate-driven migration on the overall impact of climate on macroeconomic outcomes. It arrives at the following main …

This paper investigates the effects of shocks, predominantly climate shocks, on labor market outcomes in the West …