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Title: Migrant Outcomes during the Great American Drought
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Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: America's worst drought induced mass migration from the Great Plains during the 1930s. But, outside of qualitative research, little is known about how drought migrants fared at their destinations. I study drought-migrant employment status and wage income compared to non-migrants and to non-drought migrants. I find that migrants with little formal education were less likely to be employed and made less than non-migrants from their origin counties. Migrants with more education did better both in employment and wage income compared to less-educated migrants. There was little difference in outcomes between migrants from drought versus non-drought origins. My results contribute to our understanding of labor market opportunities for climate migrants across the skill distribution and how climate-induced migrants compare to other migrants.
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Authors: Sichko, Christopher
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data, IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration
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