Heat Exposure and Youth Migration in Central America and the Caribbean
We employ a triple difference-in-difference approach, using censuses and georeferenced temperature data, to quantify heat effects on internal migration in Central America and the Caribbean. A 1-standard deviation increase in heat would affect the lives of 7,314 and 1,578 unskilled young women and me...
Main Authors: | Baez, Javier, Caruso, German, Mueller, Valerie, Niu, Chiyu |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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American Economic Association
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29060 |
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