This paper investigates the effects of multiple weather shocks on household welfare in Mozambique, as well as some of … the coping responses and price mechanisms at play. The analysis employs a triple-difference strategy that exploits … follow risk-coping strategies, such as increasing the labor supply of their children or selling assets, which entail partial …

Natural disasters could constitute a major shock to public finances and debt sustainability because of their impact on …

illustrated to create natural disaster and hazard maps from first hand, geo-referenced meteorological data. In a second step, the … the natural disaster measures derived in the first phase, to estimate the welfare effects associated with natural … differentiation in the welfare effects across space and disaster appears partly linked to the functioning of the disaster relief …

the bottom of the income distribution, namely through consumption, household production, and market-based labor activities …

This paper seeks to provide evidence on the extent of household vulnerability to exogenous economic shocks in the …

closely to disaster relief efforts could substantially improve welfare outcomes during and after a natural disaster. Finally …, risk-coping strategies, including financial account ownership, access to off-farm income sources, and adult children living …

claimed, tell us whether expenses are large enough to undermine a household's ability to purchase nonmedical necessities. The … borrower after a health shock, the income-based ratio will exceed the consumption-based ratio, while the opposite is true when … the individual continues to be a saver after a health shock. The paper also explores the relationship between the income …

The welfare impact of a natural disaster depends on its effect on consumption, not only on the direct asset losses and … human losses that are usually estimated and reported after disasters. This paper proposes a framework to assess disaster … after a disaster destroys part of the capital stock are better estimated by using the average?not the marginal …