Go where the wind does not blow: Climate damages heterogeneity and future migrations
Lesly Cassin,
Aurélie Méjean and
Stéphane Zuber
No 2023.02, Working Papers from FAERE - French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Abstract:
In the context of climate change, migration can be considered as an adaptation strategy to reduce populations' exposure to climate damages. Those damages are very heterogeneous across regions. In this paper, we study migration induced by climate change damages. To do so, we estimate the socio-economic determinants of migration, focusing on economic damages. We then model endogenous migration in an integrated assessment model based on those estimates. We highlight the importance of the heterogeneity of the damages distribution to explain migration fows due to climate change. We find that high levels of climate damages globally do not necessarily induce large climate migration. Rather, large differences in exposure between regions may lead to substantial migration.
Keywords: Climate Change; Damage; Migration; Integrated Assessment Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J11 Q51 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2023-02
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