Can Drought Increase Total Calorie Availability? The Impact of Drought on Food Consumption and the Mitigating Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Can Drought Increase Total Calorie Availability? The Impact of Drought on Food Consumption and the Mitigating Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program

This study uses the panel data of a randomized experiment from the Mexican PROGRESA program to evaluate the impact of drought on total calorie availability and the mitigating effects of PROGRESA on food consumption in periods of drought. Drought reduced total expenditures and total food expenditures...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hou, Xiaohui
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Health Production I120
Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120
Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Climate
Natural Disasters
Global Warming Q540
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5855

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