Type

Journal Article

Author(s)

Marchiori, L.
Maystadt, J. F.
Schumacher, I.

Title

Is environmentally induced income variability a driver of human migration?

Year

2015

Journal

Migration and Development

Vol (No), pp

1-27

Abstract

The role of environmentally induced income variability as a determinant of migration has been studied little to none. We provide a theoretical discussion based on a ?risk aversion channel? and an overview of the empirical literature on this. We also extend a previous empirical study on 39 sub-Saharan African countries with yearly data from 1960 to 2000 by including income variability and its weather determinants. Our findings lead us to acknowledge that, based on our dataset and methodology, income variability is a negligible driver of migration decisions at the macroeconomic level.

Citation

Marchiori, L., Maystadt, J. F., & Schumacher, I. (2015). Is environmentally induced income variability a driver of human migration? Migration and Development, 1-27. URL : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2015.1020106