Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies?
We examine how migration is influenced by temperature and precipitation variability, and the extent to which the receipt of a cash transfer affects the use of migration as an adaptation strategy. Climate data is merged with georeferenced panel data (2010–2014) on individual migration collected from...
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2020
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| author | Mueller, Valerie Gray, Clark Handa, Sudhanshu Seidenfeld, David |
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| description | We examine how migration is influenced by temperature and precipitation variability, and the extent to which the receipt of a cash transfer affects the use of migration as an adaptation strategy. Climate data is merged with georeferenced panel data (2010–2014) on individual migration collected from the Zambian Child Grant Program (CGP) sites. We use the person-year dataset to identify the direct and heterogeneous causal effects of the CGP on mobility. Having access to cash transfers doubles the rate of male, short-distance moves during cool periods, irrespective of wealth. Receipt of cash transfers (among wealthier households) during extreme heat causes an additional retention of males. Cash transfers positively spur long-distance migration under normal climate conditions in the long term. They also facilitate short-distance responses to climate, but not long-distance responses that might be demanded by future climate change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425052025-02-19T13:42:52Z Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? Mueller, Valerie Gray, Clark Handa, Sudhanshu Seidenfeld, David climatic data adaptation climate variability households social protection cash transfers migration rural areas climate change We examine how migration is influenced by temperature and precipitation variability, and the extent to which the receipt of a cash transfer affects the use of migration as an adaptation strategy. Climate data is merged with georeferenced panel data (2010–2014) on individual migration collected from the Zambian Child Grant Program (CGP) sites. We use the person-year dataset to identify the direct and heterogeneous causal effects of the CGP on mobility. Having access to cash transfers doubles the rate of male, short-distance moves during cool periods, irrespective of wealth. Receipt of cash transfers (among wealthier households) during extreme heat causes an additional retention of males. Cash transfers positively spur long-distance migration under normal climate conditions in the long term. They also facilitate short-distance responses to climate, but not long-distance responses that might be demanded by future climate change. 2020-04-01 2024-05-22T12:10:36Z 2024-05-22T12:10:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142505 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Mueller, Valerie; Gray, Clark; Handa, Sudhanshu; and Seidenfeld, David. 2020. Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? Environment and Development Economics 25(2): 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000214 |
| spellingShingle | climatic data adaptation climate variability households social protection cash transfers migration rural areas climate change Mueller, Valerie Gray, Clark Handa, Sudhanshu Seidenfeld, David Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? |
| title | Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? |
| title_full | Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? |
| title_fullStr | Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? |
| title_short | Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? |
| title_sort | do social protection programs foster short term and long term migration adaptation strategies |
| topic | climatic data adaptation climate variability households social protection cash transfers migration rural areas climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142505 |
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