weather shocks, we find that drought tolerant maize seeds mitigate the impact of mid-season drought. Compared to farms in …

inquire systematically as to whether it may prove useful from the vantage point of participants in the weather derivatives … forecasts, but also the long-horizon density forecasts of maximal relevance in weather derivatives contexts. We produce and … evaluate both, with some success. We conclude that additional inquiry into nonstructural weather forecasting methods will …

and marketed a rainfall index insurance product across three states in India. Marketing agricultural insurance to both … where households supplying labor and households hiring labor face weather risk. Consistent with theoretical predictions, we … the insurance market (which is the current regulatory practice in India and other developing countries), makes wage …

in weather conditions. Better risk, credit and savings markets can improve productivity and welfare in rural areas but … insurance contracts - improving the skill of long-run weather forecasts. We use an equilibrium model of agricultural production … seasonal forecasts of monsoon weather. We find that in areas where the forecast is accurate (has "skill") that investment …

particularly child marriage, in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India, where substantial monetary or in-kind transfers occur with … marriage: bride price across Sub-Saharan Africa and dowry in India. In a simple equilibrium model of the marriage market in … two regions: in Sub-Saharan Africa, they increase the annual hazard into child marriage by 3%, while in India droughts …

the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting … stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can exacerbate the negative impact of adverse weather on harvest-stage wages …