Type

Working paper

Author

Afifi, Tamer
Warner, Koko

Title

The Impact of Environmental Degradation on Migration Flows across Countries

Year

2008

Publisher

UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

No

5/2008

Abstract

This paper is concerned with detecting the impact of environmental degradation on migration.Through a gravity regression model, the paper assesses the impact of thirteen global environmental factors on the migration flows across 172 countries of the world. After a general and brief overview of environmental degradation and migration and the current debates in the topic area, the paper discusses the use of the gravity model to explore the above mentioned impact. Finally, the gravity model is applied and the results are demonstrated.

Citation

Afifi, T. & Warner, K. (2008). The Impact of Environmental Degradation on Migration Flows across Countries (Working Paper No. 5/2008). Retrieved from:  http://www.muenchenerrueck-stiftung.org