Climatic Shocks and Internal Migration : Evidence from 442 Million Personal Records in 64 Countries

Climatic Shocks and Internal Migration : Evidence from 442 Million Personal Records in 64 Countries

This paper examines whether and how climatic shocks influence individual migration decisions. The authors use census microdata across 64 countries over the period 1960 to 2012, covering 442 million individual records, combined with geo-referenced t...

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Main Authors: Abel, Guy J., Muttarak, Raya, Stephany, Fabian
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
CLIMATE CHANGE
INTERNAL MIGRATION
CLIMATE SHOCK
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
MIGRATION DRIVERS
CENSUS DATA
RANDOM FOREST MODEL
MACHINE LEARNING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099055001252216358/P173491-8fbaa9a6-8fb5-485c-90a6-f963a20ffd48
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36886

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099055001252216358/P173491-8fbaa9a6-8fb5-485c-90a6-f963a20ffd48
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36886

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