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Tropical Storms and Temporary Migration. Empirical Evidence for Vietnam

Michael Berlemann, Thi Xuyen Tran (2021),
Population and Development Review 47(4), 1107-1142.

In this paper, we provide the first household-level empirical multi-event study of temporary internal migration as a consequence of tropical storms. In order to do, so we combine three waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey with geo-referenced tropical cyclone data from the Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship. Based on the resulting panel dataset, we study temporary emigration patterns evolving in the aftermath of occurring storms in the sample communes. We find robust empirical evidence in favor of a significant push effect on temporary migration. Occurring storms increase the likelihood that a household sends members to other regions in Vietnam. Storms also tend to increase the number of absent household members and absence time. Moreover, we show that occurring storms increase both seasonal and long-term absences.

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