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The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets : Evidence from Uganda

Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, this paper estimates the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Consistent...

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Main Authors: Strobl, Eric, Valfort, Marie-Anne
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
BULLETIN
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL MOBILITY
CHANCE OF SURVIVAL
CIVIL CONFLICT
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CONGESTION
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROPLAND
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
CULTURAL CHANGE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT OF REGION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MOBILITY
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENTRY COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
EXCLUSION RESTRICTION
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FREIGHT
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAYS
HOST COUNTRY
HUMAN ACTIVITY
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB SEARCH
JOB-SEEKERS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET IMPACT
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOUR MARKETS
LOCAL LABOR MARKET
LOCAL LABOR MARKETS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRY
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION FLOW
MIGRATION FLOWS
MORTALITY
MUNICIPALITIES
NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
OCCUPATION
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION MOVEMENTS
POPULATION SIZE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PULL FACTORS
RAILROADS
REAL WAGE
REGIONAL AVERAGES
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL SCIENCE
REGIONAL STUDIES
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
REMITTANCES
RESPECT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROUTE
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL ROAD
SMALL ENTERPRISES
STATISTICAL ESTIMATION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
URBAN AREAS
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
WAGE EFFECTS
WAGE IMPACT
WAGES
WORKER
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18229568/effect-weather-induced-internal-migration-local-labor-markets-evidence-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15832

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18229568/effect-weather-induced-internal-migration-local-labor-markets-evidence-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15832

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