Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal

While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by investigating the impact of weather-driven internal migration...

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Autores principales: Maystadt, Jean-François, Mueller, Valerie, Sebastian, Ashwini
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151432
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author Maystadt, Jean-François
Mueller, Valerie
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description While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by investigating the impact of weather-driven internal migration on labor markets in a post-conflict country, Nepal, using household survey data in 2003 and 2010.
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spelling CGSpace1514322025-11-06T06:41:39Z Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal Maystadt, Jean-François Mueller, Valerie Sebastian, Ashwini labour market economic development skilled labour poverty alleviation climate migration conflicts While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by investigating the impact of weather-driven internal migration on labor markets in a post-conflict country, Nepal, using household survey data in 2003 and 2010. 2014 2024-08-01T02:57:18Z 2024-08-01T02:57:18Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151432 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151414 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149868 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153481 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Maystadt, Jean-François; Mueller, Valerie and Sebastian, Ashwini. 2014. Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1364. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151432
spellingShingle labour market
economic development
skilled labour
poverty alleviation
climate
migration
conflicts
Maystadt, Jean-François
Mueller, Valerie
Sebastian, Ashwini
Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
title Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
title_full Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
title_fullStr Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
title_short Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
title_sort environmental migration and labor markets in nepal
topic labour market
economic development
skilled labour
poverty alleviation
climate
migration
conflicts
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151432
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