Linking Climate Change, Rice Yield and Migration: The Philippine Experience

by Flordeliza H. Bordey, Cheryll C. Launio, Eduardo Jimmy P. Quilang, Charis Mae A. Tolentino, Nimfa B. Ogena

This study tests the hypothesis that climate change, through its rice productivity impacts, induces  out-migration in the Philippines. Results show that climate change effects such as increasing night time  temperature and extreme rainfall pattern, by way of reduction in rice yield and farm revenues, significantly  increases the number of Overseas Filipino Workers. Findings also show that overseas migration of female  workers is more sensitive to climate and rice productivity changes compared to male overseas migration.  However, unlike overseas migration, the reduction in yield and farm revenues act as a constraint to domestic  migration.

  • Publication Year: 2013
  • Country: Philippines
  • Sector: Green
  • Type: Individual Research Grant
  • Research Area: Climate Change
  • Research Topic: Migration
  • Analytical Framework: Econometric Analysis
Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia