Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180453 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11435
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the impact of rainfall variability and cyclones on schooling and work among a cohort of teens and young adults by estimating a bivariate probit model, using a panel survey conducted in 2004 and 2011 in Madagascar − a poor island nation that is frequently affected by extreme weather events. Our results show that negative rainfall deviations and cyclones reduce the current and lagged probability of attending school and encourage young men and, to a greater extent, women to enter the work force. Less wealthy households are most likely to experience this school-to-work transition in the face of rainfall shocks. The finding is consistent with poorer households having less savings and more limited access to credit and insurance, which reduces their ability to cope with negative weather shocks.
Subjects: 
climate shocks
employment
schooling
Africa
JEL: 
Q54
J43
I25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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