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022			_a1467-8276
100			_aBrewer, Julia _9121971
245		4	_aThe land use consequences of rural to urban migration*
260			_bAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
260			_c2024
300			_a177-205
520			_aRural to urban migration (RUM) is a key component of economic development, but its environmental consequences are not well understood. Here, we study the impacts of RUM on agriculture and land use using household panel data in combination with tree cover data from Uganda. Our results show that the labor loss and the inflow of remittances from RUM lead to a reduction in crop diversity but no shift toward less labor-intensive crops or crops with a high up-front investment. In addition to those results at the intensive margin, we find a reduction of cultivated area at the household level, which translates into reduced tree cover loss at the district level. These results suggest an important but nuanced role of RUM for land use change.
650			_a Agriculture _9916
650			_a Deforestation _950432
650			_a Environment
650			_a Land Use
650			_a Remittances _960441
650			_aMigration _9261
700			_a Larsen, Ashley _9121972
700			_a Noack, Frederik _9121973
856			_uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajae.12369
999			_c134185 _d134185