Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil

Climate shocks have well-documented impacts on the short-term welfare of rural households in developing countries. We investigate the impact of droughts on Brazilian labour markets. We find long-term rural wage losses beyond the immediate impact of the drought, with affected workers taking five year...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Valerie, Osgood, Daniel Edward
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162068
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description Climate shocks have well-documented impacts on the short-term welfare of rural households in developing countries. We investigate the impact of droughts on Brazilian labour markets. We find long-term rural wage losses beyond the immediate impact of the drought, with affected workers taking five years to catch up with their peers. Findings are robust to model specification. The severity of the losses varies with the dependence on agricultural income, supporting the notion of diversifying portfolio strategies in rural areas to reduce climate-related income risk.
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spelling CGSpace1620682025-02-19T14:06:37Z Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil Mueller, Valerie Osgood, Daniel Edward resilience labour market drought Climate shocks have well-documented impacts on the short-term welfare of rural households in developing countries. We investigate the impact of droughts on Brazilian labour markets. We find long-term rural wage losses beyond the immediate impact of the drought, with affected workers taking five years to catch up with their peers. Findings are robust to model specification. The severity of the losses varies with the dependence on agricultural income, supporting the notion of diversifying portfolio strategies in rural areas to reduce climate-related income risk. 2009-11 2024-11-21T10:00:58Z 2024-11-21T10:00:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162068 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Mueller, Valerie; Osgood, Daniel Edward. 2009. Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries. Journal of Development Studies 45(10): 1-13
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labour market
drought
Mueller, Valerie
Osgood, Daniel Edward
Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
title Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
title_full Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
title_fullStr Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
title_short Long-term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
title_sort long term impacts of droughts on labor markets in developing countries evidence from brazil
topic resilience
labour market
drought
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162068
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