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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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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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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014475317
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopulos, Stelios - In: The review of economics and statistics 97 (2015) 3, pp. 589-609
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333088
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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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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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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopulos, Stelios - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715077
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Climatic Fluctuations and the Diffusion of Agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2013
This research examines the climatic origins of the diffusion of Neolithic agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a foraging society s history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087437
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891509
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The growth effects of El Niño and La Niña : local weather conditions matter
Generoso, Rémi; Couharde, Cécile; Damette, Olivier; … - In: Annals of economics and statistics 140 (2020), pp. 83-126
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