This article examines the effects of extreme weather events on internal migration in Mongolia. Our focus is on dzuds, extremely harsh winters characterized by very cold temperature, snowfall anomalies, and/or storms causing very high livestock mortality. We exploit exogenous variation in the...

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the extremely harsh winter - locally referred to as dzud - of 2009/10, which caused more than 23 percent of the national livestock to perish. This resulted in a food insecurity...

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the extremely harsh winter - locally referred to as dzud - of 2009/10, which caused more than 23 percent of the national livestock to perish. This resulted in a food insecurity...

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the extremely harsh winter - locally referred to as dzud - of 2009/10, which caused more than 23 percent of the national livestock to perish. This resulted in a food insecurity...

Indexbasierte Wetterversicherungen gelten in der internationalen Klimapolitik als ein vielversprechendes Instrument, um Haushalte bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel zu unterstützen. Das trifft insbesondere auf Entwicklungsländer zu, in denen Haushalte oft besonders stark unter den Folgen...

Mit fortschreitendem Klimawandel treten extreme Wetterereignisse immer häufiger auf. Darunter leiden vor allem Menschen in Entwicklungsländern. Dieser Bericht untersucht am Beispiel der Mongolei, wie extrem kalte und schneereiche Winter, die zu einer erhöhten Viehsterblichkeit führen und...

Haushalte in Entwicklungsländern sind zunehmend extremen Wetterereignissen ausgesetzt, die ihren Wohlstand gefährden können. Dieser Bericht untersucht die Folgen des ungewöhnlich kalten und schneereichen Winters von 2009/2010 auf den Viehbestand mongolischer Haushalte. Der Viehbestand macht...

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the extremely harsh winter - locally referred to as dzud - of 2009/10, which caused more than 23 percent of the national livestock to perish. This resulted in a food insecurity...