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Climate Change, Health and Migration in Urban China

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  • Jingkui Zhou

    (Institute of Economics, School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China)

Abstract

In this paper, I empirically investigate the effect of climate change on health and migration in China. Using urban survey data sets from different Chinese cities, I find that an increase in female morbidity is associated with current high temperature change, especially for the symptom of frailty; past hot weather is related to the exacerbation of health problems in women, and the effect on females is larger than that on males who migrate from rural areas to cities; past temperature change is also correlated with a higher probability of chronic symptoms for females. I also find that migration preference from a rural area to a city is correlated with avoiding exposure to hot weather shocks, which shows a regressive tendency. Finally, the migration preferences of male residents who migrate from one city to another city are not associated with the effects of past low temperature changes on health

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  • Jingkui Zhou, 2011. "Climate Change, Health and Migration in Urban China," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 6(4), pages 592-615, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:6:y:2011:i:4:p:592-615
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    1. Hongjian Zhou & Weixing Zhang & Yehong Sun & Yi Yuan, 2014. "Policy options to support climate-induced migration: insights from disaster relief in China," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 375-389, April.
    2. Huaxin Wang-Lu & Octasiano Miguel Valerio Mendoza, 2022. "Job Prospects and Labour Mobility in China," Papers 2207.08282, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2022.

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    Keywords

    climate change; temperature change; health; migration;
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    JEL classification:

    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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