Plague, war, and exodus? The effects of desert locust swarms on migration intentions in Yemen

No wp-2024-51, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: I study the effect of the 2019-21 desert locust outbreak on the intention to migrate among rural households and individuals in Yemen, as an illustration of the human mobility impacts of climate change-related shocks in a complex emergency setting. Using the first systematic household survey conducted in southern Yemen since the beginning of the ongoing conflict, I find that a one standard-deviation increase in exposure to desert locusts increases the individual willingness to migrate (internally or abroad) by 12 percentage points among rural residents.

Keywords: Migration; Climate change; Yemen; Natural disasters; Shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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