@article{DiFalco:299903, recid = {299903}, author = {Di Falco, Salvatore and B. Kis, Anna and Viarengo, Martina}, title = {Cumulative climate shocks and migratory flows evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa}, publisher = {Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Centre for International Environmental Studies}, address = {Geneva. 2022}, number = {BOOK}, series = {CIES Research Paper ; no. 73}, pages = {33 pages ; tables}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We re-examine the effects of negative weather anomalies during the growing season on the decision to migrate in rural households in five sub-Saharan African countries. To this end we combine a multi-country household panel dataset with high-resolution gridded precipitation data. We find that while the effect of recent adverse weather shocks is on average modest, the cumulative effect of a persistent exposure to droughts over several years leads to a significant increase in the probability to migrate. The results show that more frequent adverse shocks can have more significant and long-lasting consequences in challenging economic environments.}, url = {http://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/299903}, }