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The Influence of Climate on Migration.

Authors :
Wesselbaum, Dennis
Source :
Australian Economic Review; Sep2019, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p363-372, 10p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of research into the phenomenon of whether climatic factors, such as temperature and weather‐related disasters, affect the decision to migrate. As an example, we examine migration flows from 198 countries to Australia for the time span from 1980 to 2015. Our results show that temperature does not have a robust, significant effect on migration flows, while weather‐related disasters do significantly affect flows to Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
CLIMATOLOGY
DISASTERS
TEMPERATURE

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00049018
Volume :
52
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Australian Economic Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
138539938
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12345