Similar Search Results

Climate Change and Natural Disasters : Responding to the Philippines’ Haiyan Tragedy

Ratha, Keshab - 2014

a path of destruction through several central islands, causing scores of people dead. The disaster's full impact is … still revealing as the entire country has been caught in a state of shock and desperation. The devastation is really … horrific with human tragedy. Responding to the disaster of such magnitude calls for both national and international hands to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054749

Mitigating the impact of extreme weather events on agricultural markets through trade

Adenäuer, Marcel - 2023

Extreme weather events can disrupt agricultural markets, but agricultural trade can help address subsequent food security concerns. Using the Aglink-Cosimo model, this stochastic scenario analysis sheds light on the complex relationships between trade and food security in an environment where...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014324630

Economic shocks and internal migration

Monras, Joan - 2015

Previous literature shows that internal migration rates are strongly procyclical. This would seem to imply that geographic relocation does not help mitigate negative local economic shocks during recessions. This paper shows that this is not the case. I document that net in-migration rates...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479002

The effect of hydro-meteorological emergencies on internal migration

Robalino, Juan; Jimenez Pereira, José Fernando; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 67 (2015), pp. 438-448

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339352

Climatic factors as determinants of international migration

Beine, Michel; Parsons, Christopher A. - 2012 - This version: February 2012

We examine environmental factors as potential determinants of international migration. We distinguish between unexpected short-run factors, captured by natural disasters, as well as long-run climate change and climate variability. Building on a simple neo-classical model we use a panel dataset...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503816

Climate Change and Migration : Rethinking Policies for Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

Leighton, Michelle T. - 2013

the lack of consistent policies, standards, and practices in disaster planning related to human displacement and migration … migration, and how to protect those displaced by disaster, can help governments to improve their climate adaptation strategies … origin and destination. To do this effectively, governments will need to rethink existing disaster planning, migration policy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181216

Migration, environment, disaster and climate change data in the Eastern Caribbean : regional overview

Serraglio, Diogo Andreola; Adaawen, Stephen Ataamvari; … - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013183809

Berlemann, Michael; Xuyen Thi Tran - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 4 (2020) 2, pp. 385-409

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287432

A real-option analysis of climate change and international migration

Braun, Marius - 2021

The potential impact of climate change on international migration patterns has recently received considerable attention in both the public and academic debate. Yet, much of the empirical literature fails to find increases in international migration due to climate change. The current paper...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660353

Climate change, inequality, and human migration

Burzyńskia, Michał; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, … - 2019

This paper investigates the long-term implications of climate change on local, interregional, and international migration of workers. For nearly all of the world's countries, our micro-founded model jointly endogenizes the effects of changing temperature and sea level on income distribution and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118293