Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196725 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12227
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper uses state-level data on migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. from 1999 to 2011 to investigate the migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a disaster fund (Fonden). While lower than average precipitations increase undocumented migration, especially from the most agricultural states, Fonden amounts decrease the undocumented migration response to abnormally low precipitations during the dry season. Changes equalizing the distribution of PROCAMPO and favoring vulnerable producers in the non irrigated ejido sector mitigate the impact of droughts on migration, especially for a high initial level of inequality.
Subjects: 
international migration
climate
public policies
weather variability
natural disasters
Mexico-U.S. migration
inequality
JEL: 
F22
Q54
Q18
Q18
O15
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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