Left home high and dry-reduced migration in response to repeated droughts in Thailand and Vietnam

The authors use longitudinal household data from the Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel from 2007 to 2017 detailed rainfall and temperature data from the Global Historical Climatology Network Version 2 and the Climate Anomaly Monitoring System (respectively) to explore the extent to which droughts impact migration responses of rural households in Thailand and Vietnam, as well as the role of underlying mechanisms such as risk aversion and socioeconomic status that may affect the response.