Rainfall shocks, child mortality, and water infrastructure.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4498
Abstract: I study the effect of rainfall shocks on child mortality at a sub-national level for a global set of developing countries. I establish that negative (positive) shocks to rainfall lead to an increase (drop) in… read more here.
Keywords: mortality water; shocks child; rainfall shocks; rainfall ... See more keywords
The Distributional and Multi-Sectoral Impacts of Rainfall Shocks: Evidence From Computable General Equilibrium Modelling for the Awash Basin, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.038
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the multi-sectoral and distributional economic impacts of rainfall shocks in the Awash river basin in Ethiopia. Using novel disaggregated data on crop production, we estimate the direct impacts of… read more here.
Keywords: multi sectoral; basin ethiopia; rainfall shocks; computable general ... See more keywords
Did rainfall shocks cause civil conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa? The implications of data revisions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.07.006
Abstract: Abstract In their seminal paper, Miguel et al. (2004) found that negative rainfall shocks (measured as negative year-on-year rainfall growth) had caused civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa over the 1981–1999 period. Since then, the rainfall… read more here.
Keywords: conflict; rainfall shocks; civil conflict; conflict sub ... See more keywords
Remember when it rained – Schooling responses to shocks in India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104705
Abstract: Abstract Despite long-standing international agreements like the Millennium Development Goals, 264 million children in developing countries are not enrolled in school, and children in rural areas remain twice as likely to be out of school… read more here.
Keywords: rainfall shocks; school; rained schooling; rainfall ... See more keywords
Missing women in India: Gender-specific effects of early-life rainfall shocks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105652
Abstract: Abstract We link over a century of monthly precipitation data (1911–2011) to the population by gender and age at the district level in the 1991, 2001, and 2011 Indian censuses to study how early-life (around… read more here.
Keywords: missing women; effects early; early life; rainfall shocks ... See more keywords