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Weather shocks and child nutritional status in rural households in Bangladesh : does labor allocation have a role to play?
Homma, Kirara; Islam, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful; Matsuura, … - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470986
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Weather shocks and child nutritional status in rural Bangladesh : does labor allocation have a role to play?
Homma, Kirara; Islam, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful; Matsuura, … - 2024
daunting challenge, particularly in developing countries' rural areas. Today, frequent extreme weather events harm agricultural … for mitigating weather shocks, little is known about how households' labor reallocation in response to weather shocks is … shocks and improve child nutrition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464284
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The effect of weather shocks on women’s labor supply and the income of women-headed households in Lesotho
Moshoeshoe, Ramaele; Nchake, Mamello A.; Tiberti, Luca - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292791
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Temperature and the timing of work
Cosaert, Sam; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023
We leverage U.S. county-day temperature variation combined with daily time use data to examine the effect of temperature on the timing of work. We find that warmer (colder) temperatures increase (decrease) working time during the night and decrease (increase) working time in the morning. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014382937
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Temperature and the timing of work
Cosaert, Sam; Nieto Castro, Adrián; Tatsiramos, … - 2023
We leverage U.S. county-day temperature variation combined with daily time use data to examine the effect of temperature on the timing of work. We find that warmer (colder) temperatures increase (decrease) working time during the night and decrease (increase) working time in the morning. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390529
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There is no place like work : evidence on health and labor market behavior from changing weather conditions
Chadi, Adrian - 2017 - This version: August 29, 2017
measures. This study makes use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel merged with data on regional weather conditions … prior to the date of a survey interview. Weather conditions are capable of affecting peoples' health. While bad weather … as whether the weather manipulates people's allocation of working time and leisure. The evidence seems to support the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717841
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Seasonal liquidity, rural labor markets and agricultural production
Fink, Guenther; Jack, B. Kelsey; Masiye, Felix - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862752
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Employment, well-being and gender : dynamics and interactions in emerging Asia
Rudolf, Robert - 2012
This book examines welfare effects of gender-related inequalities in Korean households and labor markets. It uses subjective well-being data to show that reductions of excessive levels of working hours did improve family well-being in the past decade. Moreover, benefits from major life events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011937339
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Employment, well-being and gender : dynamics and interactions in emerging Asia
Rudolf, Robert - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009540327
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Seasonal Liquidity, Rural Labor Markets and Agricultural Production
Fink, Günther - 2018
Many rural households in low and middle income countries continue to rely on small-scale agriculture as their primary source of income. In the absence of irrigation, income arrives only once or twice per year, and has to cover consumption and input needs until the subsequent harvest. We develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453152