discussion paper
Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal
ifpri discussion paper | 2014 | Pages: 40
Open Access
Citation
Maystadt, Jean-François; Mueller, Valerie and Sebastian, Ashwini. 2014. Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1364. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/128244
While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by investigating the impact of weather-driven internal migration on labor markets in a post-conflict country, Nepal, using household survey data in 2003 and 2010.