Disquiet on the Weather Front : The Welfare Impacts of Climatic Variability in the Rural Philippines

Three recent rounds (2003, 2006, and 2009) of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey are matched to rainfall data from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines to quantify the extent to which unusual weather has any negative effects on the consump...

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Main Authors:	Safir, Abla, Piza, Sharon Faye, Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL WAGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ANNUAL PRECIPITATION APPLIED METEOROLOGY APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CHANNEL CHANNELS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATIC RISK CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLIMATIC ZONES COMMERCIAL BANKS CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA COPING MECHANISMS CREDIT MARKETS CROP YIELDS DECREASE IN RAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FAMILY INCOME FARMER FARMERS FARMING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FISHING FLOODS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD PRICES FOOD SUPPLY FORESTRY FREEZE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HURRICANES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF RAINFALL IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME SHOCK INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRIGATION LABOR SUPPLY LOCAL RAINFALL LOW RAINFALL METEOROLOGICAL DATA METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE IMPACTS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD PORTFOLIO POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PP PRICE IMPACTS PROGRAMS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL CONDITIONS RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL INCREASES RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY RICE PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SEASON SEASONS FOR RICE SUBSTITUTION TEMPERATURE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TOTAL CONSUMPTION TYPHOONS VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WATER MANAGEMENT WEATHER PATTERNS WELFARE BENEFITS WIND WMO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18125009/disquiet-weather-front-welfare-impacts-climatic-variability-rural-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16013