Environmentally Induced Inter-Municipal Migration: The Case for Guatemala
(2021) NEKN01 20211Department 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) - Popular Abstract
- 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
- 2021
- 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
@misc{9063825, 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}}, }