Type

Journal Article

Author(s)

Gray, C.
Mueller, V.

Title

Drought and Population mobility in Rural Ethiopia

Year

2012

Journal

World Development

Vol (No), pp

40(1), 134-145

Abstract

Significant attention has focused on the possibility that climate change will displace large populations in the developing world, but few multivariate studies have investigated climate-induced migration. We use event history methods and a unique longitudinal dataset from the rural Ethiopian highlands to investigate the effects of drought on population mobility over a 10-year period. The results indicate that men’s labor migration increases with drought and that land-poor households are the most vulnerable. However, marriage related moves by women also decrease with drought. These findings suggest a hybrid narrative of environmentally-induced migration that recognizes multiple dimensions of adaptation to environmental change.

Citation

Gray, C. and V. Mueller (2012). “Drought and Population mobility in Rural Ethiopia.” World Development 40(1): 134-145. URL : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X11001537#