Climate-induced Migration in South Asia: Migration Decisions and the Gender Dimensions of Adverse Climatic Events

There is significant interest in determining the role of climate-induced shocks as a
\nprominent driver on migration decisions of different groups of farmers in South
\nAsia. Using data from a survey of 2,660 farm-families and focused group
\ndiscussions in Bihar (India), Terai (plains) (Nepal) and coastal Bangladesh, we
\nemployed logistic regression to investigate household response towards migration
\nand gender dimensions of adverse climatic events. The results suggest that migration
\ndecisions depend on farmers’ unique resource profiles: (a) households that use
\nmigration to improve their resilience, mostly resource rich households; (b)
\nhouseholds that have no alternative but to migrate, mostly poor farmers; and (c)
\nhouseholds who cannot migrate due to different socio-economic obligations, mostly
\nfarmers with intermediate level of income that also includes women, children and
\nelderly of different income profiles. These…