Disquiet on the Weather Front [electronic resource] : The Welfare Impacts of Climatic Variability in the Rural Philippines / Abla Safir
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2013Description: 1 online resource (37 p.)Subject(s): Climate Change Economics | Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases | Climatic variability | Food consumption | Household adaptation strategies | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth | Negative rainfall shocks | Poverty Reduction | Regional Economic Development | Science of Climate Change | Standard deviation | Water ConservationAdditional physical formats: Safir, Abla: Disquiet on the Weather Front.Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Three recent rounds (2003, 2006, and 2009) of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey are matched to rainfall data from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines to quantify the extent to which unusual weather has any negative effects on the consumption of Filipino households. It is found that negative rainfall shocks decrease consumption, in particular food consumption. Rainfall below one standard deviation of its long-run average causes food consumption to decrease by about 4 percent, when compared with rainfall within one standard deviation. Positive deviations above one standard deviation have a limited impact. Moreover, for households close to a highway or to a fixed-line phone, consumption appears to be fully protected from the impact of negative rainfall shocks.
Three recent rounds (2003, 2006, and 2009) of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey are matched to rainfall data from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines to quantify the extent to which unusual weather has any negative effects on the consumption of Filipino households. It is found that negative rainfall shocks decrease consumption, in particular food consumption. Rainfall below one standard deviation of its long-run average causes food consumption to decrease by about 4 percent, when compared with rainfall within one standard deviation. Positive deviations above one standard deviation have a limited impact. Moreover, for households close to a highway or to a fixed-line phone, consumption appears to be fully protected from the impact of negative rainfall shocks.
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