The Impacts of Climate Variability on Welfare in Rural Mexico

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dc.creatorVinha, Katja
dc.creatorSkoufias, Emmanuel
dc.creatorConroy, Hector V.
dc.date2012-03-19T18:00:21Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:00:21Z
dc.date2011-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:01:58Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the impacts of weather shocks, defined as rainfall or growing degree days more than a standard deviation from their respective long-run means, on household consumption per capita and child height-for-age. The results reveal that the current risk-coping mechanisms are not effective in protecting these two dimensions of welfare from erratic weather patterns. These findings imply that the change in the patterns of climatic variability associated with climate change is likely to reduce the effectiveness of the current coping mechanisms even more and thus increase household vulnerability further. The results reveal that weather shocks have substantial (negative as well as positive) effects on welfare that vary across regions (North vs. Center and South) and socio-economic characteristics (education and gender). The heterogeneous impacts of climatic variability suggest that a "tailored" approach to designing programs aimed at decreasing the sensitivity and increasing the capacity of rural households to adapt to climate change in Mexico is likely to be more effective.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3325
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5555
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414463
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5555
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL REVENUE
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectALTITUDE
dc.subjectARID NORTH
dc.subjectARID REGION
dc.subjectAVERAGE RAINFALL
dc.subjectBASE TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE DATA
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATIC FACTORS
dc.subjectCLIMATIC RISK
dc.subjectCLIMATIC VARIABILITY
dc.subjectCOLD TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectCOLD WEATHER
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCOPING MECHANISMS
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectCULTIVATED LAND
dc.subjectCURRENT POVERTY
dc.subjectDAILY TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectDECREASE IN RAINFALL
dc.subjectDEGREE DAYS
dc.subjectDISASTERS
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDRY SEASON
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectEPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectEXTREME EVENT
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectEXTREME TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectFREEZE
dc.subjectFROST
dc.subjectGAMBLING
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN HEALTH
dc.subjectHUMIDITY
dc.subjectHURRICANES
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectIMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF DISEASE
dc.subjectINCOME FLUCTUATIONS
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCK
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCKS
dc.subjectINCOME SMOOTHING
dc.subjectINCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINFLUENZA
dc.subjectINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectISOLATION
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectMAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectMEAN RAINFALL
dc.subjectMEAN TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMINIMUM TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectMINIMUM TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITION REVIEW
dc.subjectPEDIATRICS
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOORER FAMILIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectPP
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION PROCESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectQUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL WELFARE
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL CREDIT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSEASON
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectTEMPERATE CLIMATES
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE DEVIATIONS
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE EFFECTS
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE INCREASE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectTEMPERATURES
dc.subjectTHREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectVARIABILITY OF CLIMATE
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
dc.subjectWARMER TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectWATER AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWEATHER CONDITIONS
dc.subjectWEATHER INFORMATION
dc.subjectWEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subjectWEATHER STATIONS
dc.subjectWEATHER VARIABILITY
dc.subjectWELFARE MEASURE
dc.subjectWET SEASON
dc.subjectWIND
dc.subjectWMO
dc.titleThe Impacts of Climate Variability on Welfare in Rural Mexico

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