Climate variability and international migration: an empirical analysis. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Choumert, Johanna; Motel, Pascale Combes; Millock, Katrin; Coniglio, Nicola D.; Pesce, Giovanni
• Is Part Of: Environment and development economics. Volume 20:Number 4(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 434
• Page End: 468
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects; 330.9
• DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X14000722
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-770X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Is international migration an adaptation strategy to sudden or gradual climatic shocks? In this paper we investigate the direct and the indirect role of climatic shocks in developing countries as a determinant of out-migration flows toward rich OECD countries in the period 1990–2001. Contrarily to the bulk of existing studies, we use a macro approach and explicitly consider the heterogeneity of climatic shocks (type, size, sign of shocks and seasonal effects). Our results show that the occurrence of adverse climatic events in origin countries has significative direct and indirect effects on out-migration from poor to rich countries.</p> </abstract>