TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Falco, Salvatore Di
AU  - Kis, Anna B.
AU  - Viarengo, Martina
        TI  - Cumulative Climate Shocks and Migratory Flows: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
        PY  - 2022/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15084
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15084
        AB  - We re-examine the effects of negative weather anomalies during the growing season on the decision to migrate in rural households in five sub-Saharan African countries. To this end we combine a multi-country household panel dataset with high-resolution gridded precipitation data. 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 to migrate. The results show that more frequent adverse shocks can have more significant and long-lasting consequences in challenging economic environments.
        KW  - climate shocks
KW  - rural-urban migration
KW  - economic development
        ER  -