Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236672 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9130
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the consequences of a locust plague that occurred in Mali in 2004. We argue that in agricultural economies with a single harvest per year, this type of shock can affect households through two channels: first, a speculative/anticipatory effect that kicks in during the growing season, followed by a local crop failure effect after harvest. We show that, in terms of health setbacks, children exposed in utero only to the former suffered as much as those exposed to the latter. We also document a substantial impact of the plague on crop price inflation before the harvest, as well as a stronger crop failure effect for children born in isolated areas.
Subjects: 
desert locust swarms
agricultural shocks
local markets
child health
JEL: 
O12
I15
Q12
Q18
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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