Too Little Too Late : Welfare Impacts of Rainfall Shocks in Rural Indonesia

We use regression analysis to assess the potential welfare impacts in rural Indonesia of two types of shock: a delay in monsoon onset; and a significant shortfall in rain during the 90-day post-onset period. Focusing on households with family farm businesses, we find that a delay in monsoon onset do...

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Main Authors: Skoufias, Emmanuel, Katayama, Roy S., Essama-Nssah, B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13384