TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Strobl, Eric
AU  - Valfort, Marie-Anne
        TI  - The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Uganda
        PY  - 2012/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6923
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6923
        AB  - Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Our results reveal a significant negative impact. Consistent with the prediction of a simple theoretical model, they further show that this negative impact is significantly stronger in regions with lower road density and therefore less conducive to capital mobility: a 10 percentage points increase in the net in-migration rate in these areas decreases the probability of being employed of non-migrants by more than 20 percentage points.
        KW  - weather shocks
KW  - internal migration
KW  - labor market
KW  - Sub-Saharan Africa
        ER  -