Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190135 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2018/86
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the relationship between climate and migration in rural households in Viet Nam. We propose an instrumental variable approach that controls for the potential endogeneity between crop production and migration using monthly minimum temperatures in the growing season as an instrument of rice production. Results show that the rise in minimum temperature during the core month of the growing season (i.e. June) does cause a reduction in rice production which, in turn, has a positive impact on people's propensity to migrate. This finding is robust to the use of different estimators and plausible violations to exogeneity of the instrument.
Subjects: 
climate change
rice production
migration
Viet Nam
JEL: 
O15
R23
Q12
Q54
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-528-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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