The next working group meeting on "Transport, Energy and Climate Economics" will take on Wednesday, 2 April from 5pm to 6.15pm.
Speaker : Lucile Dehouck - Paris School of Economics
Papier : Thirsting for Solutions: The Impact of Drinking Water Scarcity on Migration
Abstract : Rural Ethiopia faces persistent challenges in accessing drinking water, exacerbated by the escalating impacts of climate change. Water is essential for life, health, and human dignity, and without sufficient water to meet basic needs, migration might emerge as an adaptation strategy. Establishing a causal relationship is challenging due to the nonrandom nature of water insecurity. To overcome this, I have compiled the most comprehensive dataset available, to my knowledge, on the location and functional status of known water points across Sub-Saharan Africa. I use this data to train an algorithm predicting wells' functionality and potential drying. I, then, link these predictions with migration outcomes from the Ethiopian Socio-Economic Surveys (ESS) spanning 2012 to 2016. It allows me to assess the impact of wells' failure on migration in a difference-in-difference setting. Preliminary results show that permanent migration increases following the drying up of wells.
Relevant information :
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- The Transport, Energy, and Climate Economics Working Group (TrEnCE) is organized by the Governance & Regulation Chair at the University Paris Dauphine-PSL. Usually, the working group usually organizes a weekly presentation every Wednesday afternoon (12:15-1.30pm CET) within topics under the umbrella fields of transport, climate, environment and energy economics.
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