Climate-induced International Migration and Conflicts

Cristina Cattaneo and Valentina Bosetti

No 2016.63, Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Abstract: Population movements will help people facing the impact of climate change. However, the resulting large scale displacements may also produce security risks for receiving areas. The objective of this paper is to empirically estimate if the inflows of climate-induced migrants increase the risk of conflicts in receiving areas. Using data from 1960 to 2000, we show that climate-induced migrants are not an additional determinant of civil conflicts and civil wars in receiving areas.

Keywords: Conflict; Global Warming; Emigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 H56 Q34 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-11
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Journal Article: Climate-induced International Migration and Conflicts (2017)
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