Analyse the Perception Level and the Causes of Migration in Mali
Moussa Diallo *
Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Wascal Graduate Research Program in Climate Change Economics, BP 5683, Dakar –Fann, Senegal.
Babacar Sene
Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Faculty of economics and management Directeur du Centre de Recherches Economiques Appliquées (CREA), Laboratoire Ingénierie Financière et Economique (LIFE), Senegal.
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Abstract
Subsistence farmers in Sahelian Africa are highly exposed to the environmental challenges associated with climate change. Temporary or Permanent emigration can offer to an individual or household the opportunity to cop against these special effects. One of the most important challenges to quantifying the impact of climate change on emigration in Mali is the lack of accurate temporal and spatial data. Emigration data must be adequately detailed to take in both long distances and short distances. The objective of this research was to identify the socioeconomic characteristics of migrants based on the push factors. For instance, to identify the characteristics of people who migrant due to bad weather or environmental challenges. From the result, the factors that significantly influenced migration were sex, age, and age squared, household size, labour constraint, and location. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyze the subject.
Keywords: Migration drivers, multinomial logit, rural mali, environmental challenges.