Climate variability and international migration: The importance of the agricultural linkage

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-151

  Cai, Ruohong ^a   Feng, Shuaizhang ^b   Oppenheimer, Michael ^c   Pytlikova, Mariola ^d,e  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^e VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; International migration; Nonlinear effect; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGES; IMPACT OF TEMPERATURES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; PANEL DATA; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84989873755     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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