Long-term consequences of short-term precipitation shocks: Evidence from Brazilian migrant households

We find that large short‐term precipitation shocks damage the long‐term income of households that have permanently migrated from rural to urban areas. This outcome is consistent with the behavior of credit‐constrained rural households who are willing to accept lower long‐term income in urban areas f...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Valerie, Osgood, Daniel Edward
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162149

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