非洲农村地区的干旱冲击和劳动力重新分配：来自埃塞俄比亚的证据

IF 3.3 2区经济学 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

European Review of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI:10.1093/erae/jbae020

Arnold L Musungu, Zaneta Kubik, Matin Qaim

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我们研究了埃塞俄比亚农村家庭如何通过劳动力重新分配来适应干旱。我们使用三波面板数据并利用干旱风险的时空变化，发现家庭在应对短期和持续干旱时会减少农场工作，增加农场外的自营职业，但不会放弃家庭农业。与干旱相关的农业生产率下降推动了非农业活动的多样化，并促进了消费平滑和粮食安全。更容易获得金融服务的家庭更有可能将劳动力重新分配到非农业领域。我们的研究结果凸显了加强农村非农经济对提高农村家庭气候适应能力的重要性。

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Drought shocks and labour reallocation in rural Africa: evidence from Ethiopia

We study how rural households in Ethiopia adapt to droughts through labour reallocation. Using three waves of panel data and exploiting spatio-temporal variations in drought exposure, we find that households reduce on-farm work and increase off-farm self-employment in response to both short-term and persistent droughts, without abandoning family farming. Diversification into off-farm activities is driven by drought-related productivity declines in agriculture and contributes to consumption smoothing and food security. Households with better access to financial services are more likely to reallocate labour off-farm. Our results highlight the importance of strengthening the rural non-farm economy to enhance rural households’ climate resilience.

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European Review of Agricultural Economics 管理科学-农业经济与政策

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6.60

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5.90%

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>24 weeks

期刊介绍： The European Review of Agricultural Economics serves as a forum for innovative theoretical and applied agricultural economics research. The ERAE strives for balanced coverage of economic issues within the broad subject matter of agricultural and food production, consumption and trade, rural development, and resource use and conservation. Topics of specific interest include multiple roles of agriculture; trade and development; industrial organisation of the food sector; institutional dynamics; consumer behaviour; sustainable resource use; bioenergy; agricultural, agri-environmental and rural policy; specific European issues. Methodological articles are welcome. All published papers are at least double peer reviewed and must show originality and innovation. The ERAE also publishes book reviews.