rainfall data for rural Thailand and Vietnam. Our econometric analysis shows that temporal variability in risk attitudes is … driven by rainfall shocks. Both severe shortages and excesses appear to increase individuals’ risk aversion. Contrary to … composition of non-farmers and by farmers’ ability to mitigate rainfall shocks. Our findings have potentially important …

Burkina Faso) originating from nearby villages were offered, at the prevailing market price, a rainfall index insurance …. We argue that rainfall index insurance can complement informal risk-sharing networks by mitigating problems of …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … annual rainfall data. Our results show that households that are exposed to risk invest more in unproductive assets to avoid …

degree of inertia. The econometric results showed that past inflation and average rainfall appeared to have been the main …

function model used was a relatively simpleinput model, consisting of wheat yield, effective rainfall, fertilizer application …

This article studies the role of rainfall in determining the education composition of Mexico-US migration. Emphasizing … the relationship between rainfall and migration costs, a revised Roy model indicates that rainfall affects selection on … with a higher vertex when rainfall decreases, suggesting higher migration costs and reinforced self-selection patterns. The …

underweight at birth. In addition, we show how the aridity measure in this study reduces the effect of rainfall on child wellbeing …