Dry growing seasons predicted Central American migration to the US from 2012 to 2018

Abstract Controlling for factors such as criminal violence and poverty, we tested if drier than usual growing season weather was a predictor of emigration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to the US between 2012 and 2018. We focus on growing season weather because agriculture is a primary tr...

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Main Authors: Andrew Linke, Stephanie Leutert, Joshua Busby, Maria Duque, Matthew Shawcroft, Simon Brewer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43668-9