Rainfall Variability and Labor Allocation in Uzbekistan: The Role of Women's Empowerment

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Employing novel household survey data, this paper examines how rainfall variability and mean temperature affect individual labor supply in Uzbekistan, a highly traditional lower-middle-income country in Central Asia. The findings suggest that rainfall variability induces the reallocation of labor supply: (i) out of agriculture to unemployment, (ii) from unemployment to business activities and irregular remunerated activities, and (iii) from being out of labor force to unemployment. These effects differ in rural and urban areas and by gender. In addition, active women's involvement in the labor market and household decision-making mediates the impact of climate variability on employment choices, especially in rural areas. This implies that traditional gender roles may make households in developing countries more vulnerable to adverse consequences of climate change, while women's empowerment may smooth such consequences.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16421

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Agricultural Labor Markets ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Natural Resources; Energy; Environment ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Subject: rainfall variability ; labor market ; agriculture ; employment ; women's empowerment ; Uzbekistan ; Central Asia

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Otrachshenko, Vladimir ; Popova, Olga ; Alimukhamedova, Nargiza
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/279119
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET