Publication Date:
2016-07-09
Description:
Large rural-urban wage gaps observed in many developing countries are suggestive of barriers to migration that keep potential migrants in rural areas. Using long panel data spanning nearly two decades, I study the extent to which migration rates are constrained by liquidity constraints in rural Tanzania. The analysis begins by quantifying the impact of weather variation on household welfare. The results show how household consumption co-moves with temperature, rendering households vulnerable to local weather events. These temperature-induced income shocks are then found to inhibit long-term migration among men, thus preventing them from tapping into the opportunities brought about by geographical mobility.
Keywords:
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, O15 - Human Resources
;
Human Development
;
Income Distribution
;
Migration, Q54 - Climate
;
Natural Disasters
;
Global Warming, R23 - Regional Migration
;
Regional Labor Markets
;
Population
Print ISSN:
0002-9092
Electronic ISSN:
1467-8276
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
,
Economics
