Dessy, Sylvain Eloi; Marchetta, Francesca; Pongou, Roland; … - 2020
effects, we find that drought occurring in the agricultural season increases the fertility of young women living in … women in agriculture but not men. It has no effect on the fertility of young women living in non-agricultural households, or …. These findings validate the marginal cost hypothesis whereby drought, by reducing the value of women's agricultural labor …