DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1863-2
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85001686859
论文题名: Droughts augment youth migration in Northern Latin America and the Caribbean
作者: Baez J. ; Caruso G. ; Mueller V. ; Niu C.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2017
卷: 140, 期: 2018-03-04 起始页码: 423
结束页码: 435
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Disasters
; Regional planning
; Urban transportation
; Economic integration
; Individual levels
; Institutional arrangement
; Internal mobility
; Latin America and the Caribbean
; Migration rates
; Natural disasters
; Off-farm employment
; Drought
; census
; climate effect
; drought
; hurricane
; natural disaster
; off-farm employment
; regional planning
; small town
; urban transport
; urban-rural migration
; vulnerability
; young population
; Atlantic Ocean
; Caribbean Sea
; Latin America
英文摘要: While evidence on the linkages between migration and climate is starting to emerge, the subject remains largely under-researched at regional scale. Knowledge on the matter is particularly important for Northern Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of the world characterized by exceptionally high migration rates and substantial exposure to natural hazards. We link individual-level information from multiple censuses for eight countries in the region with natural disaster indicators constructed from georeferenced climate data at the province level to measure the impact of droughts and hurricanes on internal mobility. We find that younger individuals are more likely to migrate in response to these disasters, especially when confronted with droughts. Youth exhibit a stronger inclination towards relocating to rural and small town settings, motivated possibly by opportunities for nearby off-farm employment and financing limitations for urban transport and living expenses. Migration decisions are mediated by national institutional arrangements. These findings highlight the importance of social protection and regional planning policies to reduce the vulnerability of youth to droughts in the future and secure their economic integration. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84100
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: World Bank, Washington, DC, United States; Development Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2033 K Street, NW, 20006, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
Recommended Citation:
Baez J.,Caruso G.,Mueller V.,et al. Droughts augment youth migration in Northern Latin America and the Caribbean[J]. Climatic Change,2017-01-01,140(2018-03-04)