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An Agent-Based Model for Migration Decision-Making Under Higher Frequency of Extreme Climate Events

Valentina Antonaccio Guedes·Rafael Prieto-Curiel
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This paper develops an agent-based model of climate-related human migration that links repeated environmental shocks to individual migration decision-making through the joint evolution of perceived risk, aspirations to migrate, and migration capability. Building on the aspirations-capabilities framework, the model represents migration as an emergent outcome of two opposing dynamics: shocks increase perceived risk and raise aspirations to move, while simultaneously eroding wealth and reducing the capability to do so. This interaction generates non-linear mobility patterns, including immobility under rising climate stress. Agents are embedded in a spatially heterogeneous shock environment, and their migration capability is further shaped by local conditions and diaspora support. Results show that more frequent shocks can initially increase migration pressure but eventually trap vulnerable agents in place as resources decline. Climate shocks amplify existing income inequalities in mobility outcomes, with lower-income agents more likely to become trapped or remain acquiescently immobile, while higher-income agents retain greater flexibility to migrate or choose voluntary immobility.

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Valentina Antonaccio Guedes, Rafael Prieto-Curiel. 2026-06-08. An Agent-Based Model for Migration Decision-Making Under Higher Frequency of Extreme Climate Events. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.09375

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