Arbeitspapier
Drought shocks and labor reallocation in rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia
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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; No. 334
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Agricultural Labor Markets
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Thema
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Climate change
labor allocation
labor markets
Africa
Ethiopia
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Musungu, Arnold L.
Kubik, Zaneta
Qaim, Matin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Musungu, Arnold L.
- Kubik, Zaneta
- Qaim, Matin
- University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Entstanden
- 2023
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