Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh

This study investigates the choice of occupational focus versus diversification between household members in rural Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall variability risks. The analysis combines...

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Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit, Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALTITUDE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVERAGE RAINFALL BANKS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE REGIME CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC PARAMETERS CLIMATIC PATTERNS CONFLUENCE CRU DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXTREME TEMPERATURE FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FEMALES FLOOD FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FORESTS GENDER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INSURANCE INTERVENTIONS LOCAL RAIN LOCAL RAINFALL NATURAL HAZARDS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PP PRECIPITATION PROGRAMS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL EVENTS RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL RAINFALL RELIEF RELIEF ACTIVITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMIES RURAL ECONOMY SAFETY SAVINGS SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SEASON TEMPERATURE CHANGES TORNADO TROPICAL CYCLONES URBAN AREAS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL WATER LEVELS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16506879/rainfall-variability-occupational-choice-welfare-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11945

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spelling	okr-10986-119452021-04-23T14:02:58Z Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit Skoufias, Emmanuel AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALTITUDE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVERAGE RAINFALL BANKS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE REGIME CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC PARAMETERS CLIMATIC PATTERNS CONFLUENCE CRU DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXTREME TEMPERATURE FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FEMALES FLOOD FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FORESTS GENDER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INSURANCE INTERVENTIONS LOCAL RAIN LOCAL RAINFALL NATURAL HAZARDS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PP PRECIPITATION PROGRAMS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL EVENTS RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL RAINFALL RELIEF RELIEF ACTIVITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMIES RURAL ECONOMY SAFETY SAVINGS SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SEASON TEMPERATURE CHANGES TORNADO TROPICAL CYCLONES URBAN AREAS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL WATER LEVELS This study investigates the choice of occupational focus versus diversification between household members in rural Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall variability risks. The analysis combines nationally representative household level survey data with historical climate variability information at the Upazila level. The authors note that flood prone Upazilas may face reduced risks from local rainfall variability as compared with non-flood prone Upazilas. They find that two members of the same household are less likely to be self-employed in agriculture if they live in an area with high local rainfall variability. However, the occupational diversification strategy comes at a cost to households in terms of consumption welfare. The paper considers the effects of three policy actions, providing access to credit, safety net, and market. Access to market appears to be more effective in reducing the likelihood of costly within-household occupational diversification as an ex ante climate risk-reducing strategy as compared with access to credit and safety net. 2012-12-07T23:08:13Z 2012-12-07T23:08:13Z 2012-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16506879/rainfall-variability-occupational-choice-welfare-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11945 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6134 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALTITUDE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVERAGE RAINFALL BANKS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE REGIME CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC PARAMETERS CLIMATIC PATTERNS CONFLUENCE CRU DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXTREME TEMPERATURE FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FEMALES FLOOD FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FORESTS GENDER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INSURANCE INTERVENTIONS LOCAL RAIN LOCAL RAINFALL NATURAL HAZARDS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PP PRECIPITATION PROGRAMS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL EVENTS RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL RAINFALL RELIEF RELIEF ACTIVITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMIES RURAL ECONOMY SAFETY SAVINGS SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SEASON TEMPERATURE CHANGES TORNADO TROPICAL CYCLONES URBAN AREAS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL WATER LEVELS
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALTITUDE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVERAGE RAINFALL BANKS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE REGIME CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC PARAMETERS CLIMATIC PATTERNS CONFLUENCE CRU DESCRIPTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXTREME TEMPERATURE FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FEMALES FLOOD FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FORESTS GENDER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INSURANCE INTERVENTIONS LOCAL RAIN LOCAL RAINFALL NATURAL HAZARDS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PP PRECIPITATION PROGRAMS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL EVENTS RAINFALL UNCERTAINTY RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL RAINFALL RELIEF RELIEF ACTIVITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMIES RURAL ECONOMY SAFETY SAVINGS SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SEASON TEMPERATURE CHANGES TORNADO TROPICAL CYCLONES URBAN AREAS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL WATER LEVELS Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit Skoufias, Emmanuel Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6134
description	This study investigates the choice of occupational focus versus diversification between household members in rural Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall variability risks. The analysis combines nationally representative household level survey data with historical climate variability information at the Upazila level. The authors note that flood prone Upazilas may face reduced risks from local rainfall variability as compared with non-flood prone Upazilas. They find that two members of the same household are less likely to be self-employed in agriculture if they live in an area with high local rainfall variability. However, the occupational diversification strategy comes at a cost to households in terms of consumption welfare. The paper considers the effects of three policy actions, providing access to credit, safety net, and market. Access to market appears to be more effective in reducing the likelihood of costly within-household occupational diversification as an ex ante climate risk-reducing strategy as compared with access to credit and safety net.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_facet	Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_sort	Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit
title	Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
title_short	Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
title_full	Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
title_sort	rainfall variability, occupational choice, and welfare in rural bangladesh
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16506879/rainfall-variability-occupational-choice-welfare-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11945
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Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh

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