Titre : | Climate instability, urbanization and international migration (2016) |
Auteurs : | Mathilde Maurel, Auteur ; Michele Tuccio, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article : Revues - Articles |
Dans : | The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 52 N°5, 2016) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. 735-752 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > analyse économique > analyse économique > économétrie > modèle économique [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > migration [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > urbanisme et construction > urbanisme > urbanisation |
Tags : | urbanization ; panel analysis ; climate instability ; international migration |
Résumé : | This paper focuses on climate-induced migration. We construct a simple theoretical model where, in a first step, climate shocks accelerate the transition from the traditional to the modern sector, leading rural workers to move to urban centres within national borders, while in a second step, downward pressures on wages due to the greater labour supply in cities push people to engage in international migration. To test this hypothesis, we exploit a rich panel dataset, displaying a representative picture of bilateral migration flows and climatic data across 222 countries for the period 1960–2000. Findings suggest that in the next few years the climate-induced growth rate of migrant stocks might be in a range between 8.6 per cent and 12.8 per cent, especially from developing countries, where the level of rural employment is more likely to be affected by climatic shocks. |
Doi : | DOI : 10.1080/00220388.2015.1121240 |
Axe de recherche : | Intégration des pays en développement dans l'économie mondialisée |
En ligne : | https://hal.science/hal-01225458 |