TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mbaye, Linguère Mously
AU  - Zimmermann, Klaus F.
        TI  - Environmental Disasters and Migration
        PY  - 2015/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9349
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9349
        AB  - This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only a marginal or no effect or are even negative. Migration appears to be an insurance mechanism against environmental shocks. Remittances help to decrease households' vulnerability to shocks but also dampen their adverse effects. Finally, we discuss policy implications and future research avenues.
        KW  - migration as insurance
KW  - remittances
KW  - forced migration
KW  - environmental shocks
KW  - floods
KW  - earthquakes
KW  - droughts
        ER  -