Rainfall Shocks, Health and Well-being in Rural Vietnam

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Studies in Microeconomics Pub Date : 2023-03-02 DOI:10.1177/23210222221144873

Kien Le, My Nguyen

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Abstract

This study examines how rainfall shocks influence self-perceived health conditions and subjective well-being among Vietnamese rural residents. To estimate the effects of interest, we adopt the individual fixed effects model that exploits the within-individual variation in rainfall shock exposure. We uncover the harmful impacts of rainfall shocks on individual health and subjective well-being. Particularly, a 100% increase in rainfall relative to the district-specific norms make individuals 14.3 and 14.6 percentage points less likely to report themselves to be healthy and healthier relative to last year, respectively. They are also 13.7 and 5.5 percentage points less likely to consider themselves wealthy in comparison to other residents in their villages and Vietnam, respectively. We further show that individuals working in both agriculture and non-agriculture industries are adversely affected by rainfall shocks, but the impacts are larger in magnitude for the agriculture group. The findings suggest that effective measures from the government and households are required to alleviate the costs of climate volatility such as rainfall shocks. JEL Classifications: I15, J13, O15, Q54

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降雨冲击、越南农村的健康和福祉

这项研究考察了降雨冲击如何影响越南农村居民的自我感知健康状况和主观幸福感。为了估计感兴趣的影响，我们采用了个体固定效应模型，该模型利用了降雨冲击暴露的个体内变化。我们揭示了降雨冲击对个人健康和主观幸福感的有害影响。特别是，相对于特定地区的标准，降雨量增加100%，使个人报告自己健康和更健康的可能性分别比去年降低14.3和14.6个百分点。与所在村庄和越南的其他居民相比，他们认为自己富有的可能性分别低13.7和5.5个百分点。我们进一步表明，在农业和非农业行业工作的个人都受到降雨冲击的不利影响，但对农业群体的影响更大。研究结果表明，需要政府和家庭采取有效措施来减轻降雨冲击等气候波动的成本。JEL分类：I15、J13、O15、Q54

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