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Temporary international migration, shocks and informal insurance : analysis using panel data

Chakraborty, Tanika; Pandey, Manish - 2021

. Using a household fixed effects regression model, we find that while a drought shock increases the likelihood of migration … trade-off between two effects of a shock for a household: loss of income and increase in the need of labor services. We show … that migration increases when the former effect of a shock dominates, it reduces when the latter effect dominates. We …

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Temporary international migration, shocks and informal finance : analysis using panel data

Chakraborty, Tanika; Pandey, Manish - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-19

household fixed effects model, we find that while a drought shock increases migration, a winter shock reduces migration. We … argue that this difference is because of the trade-off between two effects of a shock for a household: loss of income and … increase in the need for labor services. Migration increases when the former effect of a shock dominates and it reduces when …

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Migration response to an immigration shock : evidence from Russia's aggression against Ukraine

Zuchowski, David - 2023

Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in Poland. For identification, I use an instrumental variable...

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Climate Change and Migration : The Case of Africa

Conte, Bruno - 2022

This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes. I develop a quantitative spatial model that captures the role of trade networks, migration barriers, and agricultural yields on the geography of the economy. I combine the...

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Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration : An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries

Drabo, Alassane - 2013

The aim of this paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by interesting in the migration rates and the education level in developing countries. Many studies such as the Stern review (2007) or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

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Global food prices, local weather and migration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ludolph, Lars; Šedová, Barbora - 2021

In this paper, we study the effect of exogenous global crop price changes on migration from agricultural and non-agricultural households in Sub-Saharan Africa. We show that, similar to the effect of positive local weather shocks, the effect of a locally-relevant global crop price increase on...

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Climate change, natural disasters and migration : an empirical analysis in developing countries

Drabo, Alassane; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - 2011

The aim of this paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by examining migration rates and levels of education in developing countries. Many studies such as the Stern review (2007) or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC,...

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Migration and climate change in rural Africa

Cattaneo, Cristina; Massetti, Emanuele - 2015

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 will also be an adaptation to future climate change....

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Migration and climate change in rural Africa

Cattaneo, Cristina; Massetti, Emanuele - 2015

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The Links between Climate Change, Disasters, Migration, and Social Resilience in Asia : A Literature Review

Ober, Kayly - 2020

This working paper was written as input for the Asian Development Outlook 2019. It reviews the literature at the intersection of disasters and migration in Asia and details the story of how disasters may affect mobility, from displacement to voluntary migration to “trapped populations.” It...

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