Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria

We investigate the extent that Nigerian households engage in internal migration to ensure against ex ante and ex post agricultural risk due to weather‐related variability and shocks. We use data on the migration patterns of individuals over a twenty‐year period and temperature degree days to proxy a...

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Main Authors: Dillon, Andrew, Mueller, Valerie, Salau, Sheu
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154688
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description We investigate the extent that Nigerian households engage in internal migration to ensure against ex ante and ex post agricultural risk due to weather‐related variability and shocks. We use data on the migration patterns of individuals over a twenty‐year period and temperature degree days to proxy agricultural risk. We find suggestive evidence of household response to ex ante risk by sending males to migrate. Robust findings show that males migrate in response to ex post risk. As global climate change increases risk, these results suggest that increased migration could result as households mitigate risk and strain limited resources in Nigerian cities.
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spelling CGSpace1546882025-02-24T06:46:44Z Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria Dillon, Andrew Mueller, Valerie Salau, Sheu migration risk agricultural growth resilience temperature measurement We investigate the extent that Nigerian households engage in internal migration to ensure against ex ante and ex post agricultural risk due to weather‐related variability and shocks. We use data on the migration patterns of individuals over a twenty‐year period and temperature degree days to proxy agricultural risk. We find suggestive evidence of household response to ex ante risk by sending males to migrate. Robust findings show that males migrate in response to ex post risk. As global climate change increases risk, these results suggest that increased migration could result as households mitigate risk and strain limited resources in Nigerian cities. 2011-07 2024-10-01T14:03:11Z 2024-10-01T14:03:11Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154688 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154687 Limited Access Wiley Dillon, Andrew; Mueller, Valerie; Salau, Sheu. 2011. Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(4): 1048-1061. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aar033
spellingShingle migration
risk
agricultural growth
resilience
temperature measurement
Dillon, Andrew
Mueller, Valerie
Salau, Sheu
Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria
title Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria
title_full Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria
title_fullStr Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria
title_short Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria
title_sort migratory responses to agricultural risk in northern nigeria
topic migration
risk
agricultural growth
resilience
temperature measurement
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154688
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