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dc.contributor.authorSkjeflo, Sofie Waage
dc.contributor.authorWestberg, Nina Bruvik
dc.coverage.spatialTanzanianb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-24T10:20:37Z
dc.date.available2018-01-24T10:20:37Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2479322
dc.description.abstractWe use recent panel data on Tanzanian farm households to investigate how previous exposure to weather shocks affects the impact of a current shock. Specifically, we investigate the impact of droughts on agricultural outcomes and investments in children’s health, measured by their short- and long-term nutritional status. As expected, we find that droughts negatively impact yields, with the impact increasing in the severity of the shock, and that severe droughts have a negative impact on short-term nutritional outcomes of children. We also find suggestive evidence that the more shocks a household has experienced in the past, the less crop yields are affected by a current shock. This suggests that households are able to learn from their past shock experience, and could imply that households are able to adapt to climate risk. Our results also suggest that the impact of a shock depends on when the household last experienced a shock. In terms of child health, we are not able to detect any clear effect of previous shock exposure on the impact of a current shock, nor do we find any impact on long run nutritional outcomes.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Åsnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCLTS Working paper;2014:4
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleLearning the hard way? : adapting to climate risk in Tanzanianb_NO
dc.typeWorking papernb_NO
dc.subject.keywordClimate change
dc.subject.keywordAdaptation
dc.subject.keywordChild health
dc.subject.keywordIncome


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