| 来源类型 | External Publications
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| 规范类型 | 其他
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| Outward migration may alter population dynamics and income inequality |
| Soheil Shayegh
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| 发表日期 | 2017
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| 出版年 | 2017
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Climate change impacts may drive affected populations to migrate. However, migration decisions in response to climate change could have broader effects on population dynamics in affected regions. Here, I model the effect of climate change on fertility rates, income inequality, and human capital accumulation in developing countries, focusing on the instrumental role of migration as a key adaptation mechanism. In particular, I investigate how climate-induced migration in developing countries will affect those who do not migrate. I find that holding all else constant, climate change raises the return on acquiring skills, because skilled individuals have greater migration opportunities than unskilled individuals. In response to this change in incentives, parents may choose to invest more in education and have fewer children. This may ultimately reduce local income inequality, partially offsetting some of the damages of climate change for low-income individuals who do not migrate. |
| URL | https://www.feem.it/en/publications/external-publications/outward-migration-may-alter-population-dynamics-and-income-inequality/
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| 来源智库 | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/118728
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Soheil Shayegh. Outward migration may alter population dynamics and income inequality. 2017.
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