Do Rainfall Deficits Predict U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico? Evidence from the Mexican Census

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-158

  Nawrotzki, Raphael J ^a   Riosmena, Fernando ^a   Hunter, Lori M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; International migration; IPUMS; Mexico; Multilevel modeling; New economics of labor migration; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RAINFALL; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872894508     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-012-9251-8     Document Type: Article

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