rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged 15-21 years provide unilateral insurance to their origin … exposed to rainfall shocks with low levels of correlation with respect to shocks occurring at origin. …

We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather shock on child height in Mongolia. Our focus is on the … and mitigation channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. Wealthier households and households led by a more … effects by exploiting exogenous variation in the intensity of the shock across time and space. Results reveal that the shock …

This paper investigates the impact of a devastating weather shock on child anthropometrics, using data from Mongolia … channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. In households where the head has more experience in herding, children … lived in districts in which the shock was particularly harsh are significantly shorter two years after the shock. The …

comprehensive retrospective information on households’ historic experience with weather shocks. Exposure to the weather shock …This paper analyzes the short- and long-term impact of extreme weather events on educational outcomes in Mongolia. Our … significantly reduces the likelihood of being enrolled in mandatory school two to three years after the shock. Similarly, it …

provide evidence on the beneficial effects of index insurance after a weather shock in a developing economy. … a catastrophic weather disaster occurs. Our focus is on the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) in Mongolia. We … before the shock recover faster from shock-induced asset losses than comparable non-insured households. We find a significant …

remittances are jointly determined, we exploit rainfall shocks as instrumental variables for income changes. In households with …

use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access … data and rainfall shocks as the instrumental variable for income shocks, this paper finds evidence that households depend … income decline while domestic transfers replace about 14 percent. Informal loans, however, decrease as rainfall shocks …