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Household migration as a livelihood adaptation in response to a natural disaster: Nicaragua and Hurricane Mitch

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Erschienen in: Population and Environment | Ausgabe 2/2016

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This study uses data drawn from the Nicaragua Living Standards and Measurement Study Survey to examine international livelihood migrations from Nicaragua in the years surrounding the rapid-onset Hurricane Mitch event of 1998. The likelihood of an international livelihood migration occurring between the years 1996 and 2001 is modeled utilizing discrete-time event history analysis. While findings indicate no influence of Hurricane Mitch on likelihood of livelihood migration, the Mitch event is associated with increased migrant selectivity according to past household migration experience for migrations to Costa Rica, suggesting these migrations to be livelihood adaptations of those with high capability in the form of access to migrant social networks. In addition, the Mitch event is found to be associated with decreased likelihood of migration by small business owners. This finding is interpreted as reflecting business owning households choosing to forego sending migrants to instead have ‘all hands on deck’ to assist with business operations.

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When limiting the data to the years following the disaster event (t > 1998), results are found to be substantively similar.

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Titel: Household migration as a livelihood adaptation in response to a natural disaster: Nicaragua and Hurricane Mitch
verfasst von: Peter Loebach
Publikationsdatum: 02.04.2016
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Population and Environment / Ausgabe 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0199-0039
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7810
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-016-0256-9

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