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:
PP
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