000202117 001__ 202117 000202117 005__ 20210819132825.0 000202117 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.202117 000202117 037__ $$a824-2016-54969 000202117 041__ $$aeng 000202117 084__ $$aO15 000202117 084__ $$aQ54 000202117 084__ $$aR23 000202117 245__ $$aMigration and Climate Change in Rural Africa 000202117 260__ $$c2015-04-20 000202117 269__ $$a2015-04-20 000202117 270__ $$memanuele.massetti@pubpolicy.gatech.edu$$pMassetti, Emanuele 000202117 300__ $$a40 000202117 336__ $$aWorking or Discussion Paper 000202117 490__ $$aCCSD 000202117 490__ $$a029.2015 000202117 520__ $$aWe analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change. It is important to stress that we are interested in long-term climatic conditions rather than in short-term weather fluctuations. The data to test these predictions are drawn from two different household surveys: the Nigeria General Household Survey and the Ghana Living Standard Survey. We find a hill-shaped relationship between temperature in the dry sea son and the propensity to migrate in households that operate farms. We also find a significant hill-shaped relationship between precipitations in the wet seasons and the propensity to migrate in farm households. Climate has instead no significant impact on the propensity to migrate in non-farm households. Climate change scenarios generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. 000202117 546__ $$aEnglish 000202117 650__ $$aEnvironmental Economics and Policy 000202117 6531_ $$aClimate Change Impacts 000202117 6531_ $$aMigration 000202117 6531_ $$aDevelopment Economics 000202117 700__ $$aCattaneo, Cristina 000202117 700__ $$aMassetti, Emanuele 000202117 8564_ $$9386f209f-7f9e-40cb-94b4-c46a71e8bdc6$$s5474234$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/202117/files/NDL2015-029.pdf 000202117 887__ $$ahttp://purl.umn.edu/202117 000202117 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:202117$$pGLOBAL_SET 000202117 912__ $$nSubmitted by Andrea Portaluppi (andrea.portaluppi@feem.it) on 2015-04-20T14:41:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 NDL2015-029.pdf: 5474234 bytes, checksum: aa1bd206c85b10628c8b2985f9daeaf1 (MD5) 000202117 912__ $$nMade available in DSpace on 2015-04-20T14:41:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NDL2015-029.pdf: 5474234 bytes, checksum: aa1bd206c85b10628c8b2985f9daeaf1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-20 000202117 913__ $$aLicense granted by Andrea Portaluppi (andrea.portaluppi@feem.it) on 2015-04-20T14:38:07Z (GMT): <center> <h2> Deposit Agreement </h2> </center> I represent that I am the creator of the digital material identified herein (&ldquo;Work&rdquo;). I represent that the work is original and that I either own all rights of copyright or have the right to deposit the copy in a digital archive such as AgEcon Search. I represent that in regard to any non-original material included in the Work I have secured written permission of the copyright owner (s) for this use or believe this use is allowed by law. I further represent that I have included all appropriate credits and attributions. I hereby grant the Regents of the University of Minnesota (&ldquo;University&rdquo;), through AgEcon Search, a non-exclusive right to access, reproduce, and distribute the Work, in whole or in part, for the purposes of security, preservation, and perpetual access. I grant the University a limited, non-exclusive right to make derivative works for the purpose of migrating the Work to other media or formats in order to preserve access to the Work. I do not transfer or intend to transfer any right of copyright or other intellectual property to the University. If the Deposit Agreement is executed by the Author�s Representative, the Representative shall separately execute the following representation: I represent that I am authorized by the Author to execute this Deposit Agreement on behalf of the Author. 000202117 980__ $$a824 000202117 982__ $$gFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)>Climate Change and Sustainable Development