Is environmentally-induced income variability a driver of migration? A macroeconomic perspective

It was recently suggested that the role of environmentally-induced income variability as a determinant of migration has been studied little to none. We provide a theoretical discussion and an overview of the empirical literature on this. We also extend a previous empirical study of ours by including income variability. Our findings lead us to acknowledge that income variability is a negligible driver of migration decisions at the macroeconomic level.

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Year of publication:	2013-05-17
Authors:	Marchiori, Luca ; Maystadt, Jean-Francois ; Schumacher, Ingmar
Institutions:	Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la Gestion (IPAG)
Subject:	Income variability \| international migration \| rural-urban migration \| weather anomalies \| sub-Saharan Africa

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2013-017 32 pages
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters ; R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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