Climatic Shocks and Internal Migration : Evidence from 442 Million Personal Records in 64 Countries (English)

This paper examines whether and how climatic shocks influence individual migration decisions. The authors use census microdata across 64 countries over the period 1960 to 2012, covering 442 million individual records, combined with geo-referenced temperature and precipitation data summarized for each origin and destination administrative unit. Migration is identified when an individual changed a place of usual residence one, five, or ten years ago...

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Abel,Guy Jonathan;

Muttarak,Raya;

Stephany,Fabian Nicholas;
Document Date
2022/01/27
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Working Paper
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168232
Volume No
1
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World,
Region
Other,
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2022/01/28
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Disclosed
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Climatic Shocks and Internal Migration : Evidence from 442 Million Personal Records in 64 Countries

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Abel,Guy Jonathan; Muttarak,Raya; Stephany,Fabian Nicholas.

Climatic Shocks and Internal Migration : Evidence from 442 Million Personal Records in 64 Countries (English). Water Global Practice Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099055001252216358

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