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    Environment and Migration, Evidence from Ethiopian.
    (A.A.U, 2022-06-06) Abebe Wubetu; Mekonnen Bersisa (PhD)
    The issue of environmentally induced migration and displacement is a significant part of a significant policy debate internationally. In Ethiopia, little attention has been given to policy alternatives with regard to environmental degradation, although the severity of human life associated with environmental problems has shown a dramatic increment over the last couple of years. This paper aims to analyze the impact of the environment on both internal and international migration stocks. Coefficients of explanatory variables that have an impact on internal migration were estimated using static panel data models such as random effects regression. The SYSTEM GMM estimation technique was applied to a gravity model of international migration over the years 2000 to 2020. Based on the stata regression results, some of the environmental variables were found to have a significant effect on both internal and international migration. While standardized precipitation, sudden-onset hazards, slow-onset hazards, and conflict have a significant correlation with internal migration, we could not find any significant association between temperature anomalies and internal migration. The pooled OLS regression results of the gravity model showed that the sudden-onset hazards ratio, slow onset hazards ratio, distance, GDP ratio, amenity index ratio, and political risk ratio had a significant relationship with international migration. Based on the Arellano-Bover/Bond estimation technique, distance, and GDP ratio(the two major gravity variables), slow-onset hazards ratio, amenity index ratio, air pollution exposure, and political risk index turned out to be significant. However, the effect of population ratio, unemployment ratio, and rainfall anomaly index on international migration stock was not significant.