Holdings: Gone with the Storm : Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala

Gone with the Storm : Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala

This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) -- the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept -- on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative effect...

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Main Authors:	Baez, Javier E., Lucchetti, Leonardo, Genoni, Maria E., Salazar, Mateo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND ALLOCATION ALLOCATION MECHANISM ANTI-POVERTY AVERAGE PRICE BUFFER STOCK CALORIE INTAKE CALORIES PER DAY CALORIES PER PERSON CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CHILD NUTRITION CLIMATE COLLATERAL EFFECTS CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION INSURANCE CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION PRICE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CROP INCOME DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DROUGHT ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC IMPACTS ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREME RAINFALL EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD AID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HURRICANE HURRICANE RISK HURRICANES INCOME INCOME RISK INCOME SHOCK INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INSURANCE JOBS LABOR INCOME LABOR SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS LOSSES IN CONSUMPTION MALNUTRITION MILK NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL SHOCKS NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY PERSISTENCE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY STATUS POVERTY THRESHOLD PRICE INDEX PRIVATE TRANSFERS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION RESOURCE ECONOMICS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL FAMILIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POOR HOUSEHOLDS RURAL VILLAGES SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SOCIAL PROTECTION STORMS SUBSISTENCE TOTAL CONSUMPTION TOTAL DAMAGES TOTAL INCOME TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WELFARE INDICATOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23884248/gone-storm-rainfall-shocks-household-well-being-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21396

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Gone with the Storm : Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala

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