Understanding the Climate Change-Migration Nexus through the Lens of Household Surveys : An Empirical Review to Assess Data Gaps
Over the past two decades, the causal relationship between climate change and migration has gained increasing prominence on the international political agenda. Despite recent advances in both conceptual frameworks and applied techniques, the empiri...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099718406132235305/IDU02c48191c0d6dc044ee0bb92046827d430703 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37547 |
| Summary: | Over the past two decades, the causal
relationship between climate change and migration has gained
increasing prominence on the international political agenda.
Despite recent advances in both conceptual frameworks and
applied techniques, the empirical evidence does not provide
clear-cut conclusions, mainly due to the intrinsic
complexity of the phenomena of interest, the irreducible
heterogeneity of the transmission mechanisms, some common
misconceptions, and, in particular, the paucity of adequate
data. This data-oriented review first summarizes the
findings of the most recent empirical literature and
identifies the main insights as well as the most important
mediating channels and contextual factors. Then, it
discusses open issues and assesses the main data gaps that
currently prevent more robust quantifications. Finally, the
paper highlights opportunities for exploring these research
questions, exploiting the potential of the existing
multi-topic and multi-purpose household survey data sets,
such as those produced by the World Bank’s Living Standards
Measurement Study. The paper focuses on the Living Standards
Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture program
to discuss potential improvements for integrating standard
household surveys with additional modules and data sources. |
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