based on randomized assignment, and analyze how impacts vary by exposure to exogenous drought shocks. The results show that … both complementary interventions provide full protection against drought shocks two years after the end of the intervention …

We examine the long-term impacts of drought on local labor markets in Brazil. Us- ing rainfall data going back over a … century, we build contemporaneous and historical drought indices for more than 3,000 local areas, and examine them in … that increased drought frequency in the previous decade reduces local value added, employment and wages in the agricultural …