Managing the Impact of Climate on Migration: Evidence from Mexico

A real-options analysis of climate change and international migration

“…These are likely to become more binding due to climate change-induced decreases in agricultural productivity.A key implication of my findings is that instead of attempting to deter migration from areas increasingly affected by the impacts of climate change, policymakers should focus on both fostering migration and assisting "trapped" populations by facilitating alternative adaptation strategies. Such strategies may include shifting planting dates and planting crop varieties with different maturation periods(McCord et al 2018), investing in irrigation systems(Benonnier, Millock and Taraz 2019) as well as cash transfer and social protection programs(Chort and de la Rupelle 2017;Mueller et al 2020).…”