Labor supply responses to rainfall shocks

IF 2 4区经济学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Review of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI:10.1111/rode.13079

Pushkar Maitra, A. Tagat

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Abstract

Agricultural production in developing countries is heavily rainfall dependent. Any unexpected variation in rainfall can affect the welfare of households. Using unit record data from India, this paper shows that households can insure against agricultural productivity (rainfall) shocks. Evidence suggests that they do so by varying the time allocation of individual members to different activities, particularly to regular wage work and human capital accumulation. There is a gender‐differentiated aspect to this response. Rainfall shocks adversely affect women's human capital accumulation. While there is no evidence that households use participation in NREGS to insure against rainfall shocks, the availability of NREGS helps reduce the impact of rainfall shocks on human capital accumulation.

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劳动力供应对降雨冲击的反应

发展中国家的农业生产严重依赖降雨。降雨量的任何意外变化都会影响家庭的福利。本文利用印度的单位记录数据表明，家庭可以为农业生产率（降雨量）冲击投保。有证据表明，家庭可以通过改变家庭成员在不同活动中的时间分配来实现这一目标，特别是在有固定工资的工作和人力资本积累方面。这种应对措施存在性别差异。降雨冲击对妇女的人力资本积累产生了不利影响。虽然没有证据表明家庭利用参与新农村发展和就业保障计划来抵御降雨冲击，但新农村发展和就业保障计划的提供有助于减少降雨冲击对人力资本积累的影响。

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Review of Development Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

6.20%

发文量

109

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