Drought Shocks and Labor Reallocation in Rural AfricaEvidence from Ethiopia
Drought Shocks and Labor Reallocation in Rural Africa
Evidence from Ethiopia
dc.contributor.author | Musungu, Arnold L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kubik, Zaneta | |
dc.contributor.author | Qaim, Matin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-02T13:32:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-02T13:32:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 10.2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/12019 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study how rural households in Ethiopia adapt to droughts through labor reallocation. By using three waves of panel data and exploiting spatial-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. Households with better access to markets and financial services find it easier to reallocate labor off-farm. Our results highlight the importance of strengthening the rural non-farm economy to enhance rural households’ climate resilience. | de |
dc.format.extent | 43 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; 334 | |
dc.rights | In Copyright | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Climate change | |
dc.subject | labor allocation | |
dc.subject | labor markets | |
dc.subject | Africa | |
dc.subject | Ethiopia | |
dc.subject.ddc | 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie | |
dc.subject.ddc | 320 Politik | |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 Wirtschaft | |
dc.title | Drought Shocks and Labor Reallocation in Rural Africa | |
dc.title.alternative | Evidence from Ethiopia | |
dc.type | Arbeitspapier | |
dc.publisher.name | Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn | |
dc.publisher.location | Bonn | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | |
dc.relation.eissn | 1436-9931 | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/ZEF_DP_334.pdf | |
ulbbn.pubtype | Zweitveröffentlichung | |
dc.version | publishedVersion |