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Environmentally Induced Inter-Municipal Migration: The Case for Guatemala

Cavazos Hernandez, Miriam LU (2021) NEKN01 20211
Department of Economics
Abstract
This paper examines the impact of climate variability on inter-municipal household migration in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor (GDC) between 2013 and 2018. Monthly georeferenced precipitation and temperature data are used to build a climate shock variable that captures prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves at the municipality level. The data is used to understand if the occurrence of a shock affects the decision of households to migrate within the municipalities in the GDC in Guatemala.
The analysis shows that prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves (climate shocks) lowers the inter-municipal migration at the household level. These findings are consistent with existing studies but show no evidence to accept the hypothesis... (More)
This paper examines the impact of climate variability on inter-municipal household migration in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor (GDC) between 2013 and 2018. Monthly georeferenced precipitation and temperature data are used to build a climate shock variable that captures prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves at the municipality level. The data is used to understand if the occurrence of a shock affects the decision of households to migrate within the municipalities in the GDC in Guatemala.
The analysis shows that prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves (climate shocks) lowers the inter-municipal migration at the household level. These findings are consistent with existing studies but show no evidence to accept the hypothesis delimited in this research: a climate shock has a positive impact on the decision to migrate within municipalities in Guatemala.
Despite the limitations presented during the development of this study, this serves as a contribution to the literature on trying to understand how climate variability affects the GDC, specifically on the decision of households to migrate. (Less)
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This paper examines the impact of climate variability on inter-municipal household migration in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor (GDC) between 2013 and 2018. The analysis shows that prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves (climate shocks) lowers the inter-municipal migration at the household level. These findings are consistent with existing studies but show no evidence to accept the hypothesis delimited in this research: a climate shock has a positive impact on the decision to migrate within municipalities in Guatemala.
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author
Cavazos Hernandez, Miriam LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20211
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Climate Change, Inter-Municipal Migration, Guatemala, Dry Corridor
language
English
id
9063825
date added to LUP
2021-10-14 10:08:53
date last changed
2021-10-14 10:08:53
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines the impact of climate variability on inter-municipal household migration in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor (GDC) between 2013 and 2018. Monthly georeferenced precipitation and temperature data are used to build a climate shock variable that captures prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves at the municipality level. The data is used to understand if the occurrence of a shock affects the decision of households to migrate within the municipalities in the GDC in Guatemala. 
The analysis shows that prolonged exposure to droughts and heatwaves (climate shocks) lowers the inter-municipal migration at the household level. These findings are consistent with existing studies but show no evidence to accept the hypothesis delimited in this research: a climate shock has a positive impact on the decision to migrate within municipalities in Guatemala. 
Despite the limitations presented during the development of this study, this serves as a contribution to the literature on trying to understand how climate variability affects the GDC, specifically on the decision of households to migrate.}},
  author       = {{Cavazos Hernandez, Miriam}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Environmentally Induced Inter-Municipal Migration: The Case for Guatemala}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}