Arbeitspapier
Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage
While there is considerable interest in understanding the climate-migration relationship, particularly in the context of concerns about global climatic change, little is known about underlying mechanisms. We analyze a unique and extensive set of panel data characterizing annual bilateral international migration flows from 163 origin countries to 42 OECD destination countries covering the last three decades. We find a positive and statistically significant relationship between temperature and international outmigration only in the most agriculture-dependent countries, consistent with the widely-documented adverse impact of temperature on agricultural productivity. In addition, migration flows to current major destinations are especially temperature-sensitive. Policies to address issues related to climate-induced international migration would be more effective if focused on the agriculture-dependent countries and especially people in those countries whose livelihoods depend on agriculture.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CReAM Discussion Paper Series ; No. 18/14
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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International migration
Climate variability
Agricultural productivity
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Cai, Ruohong
Feng, Shuaizhang
Pytliková, Mariola
Oppenheimer, Michael
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
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London
- (wann)
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2014
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Cai, Ruohong
- Feng, Shuaizhang
- Pytliková, Mariola
- Oppenheimer, Michael
- Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
Entstanden
- 2014
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