Leaving Home: Cumulative Climate Shocks and Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Salvatore Falco (), Anna B. Kis, Martina Viarengo and Utsoree Das
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Salvatore Falco: University of Geneva
Anna B. Kis: Geneva Graduate Institute
Martina Viarengo: Geneva Graduate Institute and Harvard University
Utsoree Das: University of Geneva

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2024, vol. 87, issue 1, No 10, 345 pages

Abstract: Abstract We combine a multi-country household panel dataset with high-resolution gridded precipitation data to investigate how cumulative climatic shocks affects the decision to leave the households in five sub-Saharan African countries. We find that while the effect of recent adverse weather shocks is on average modest, the cumulative effect of a persistent exposure to droughts over several years leads to a significant increase in the probability for a household member to leave the household. We speculate that this pattern can be indicative of increased migratory flows due to increase in the frequency of extremes.

Keywords: Climate shocks; Rural–urban migration; Economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O15 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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