The impact of drought on human capital in rural India
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single centre | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security | |
| cg.coverage.country | India | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | IN | |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Asia | |
| cg.coverage.region | Asia | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Kuhu Joshi: 0000-0003-0513-7121 | |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x19000123 | en |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - South Asia Region | |
| cg.identifier.publicationRank | B | |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en |
| cg.issn | 1355-770X | en |
| cg.issue | 4 | en |
| cg.journal | Environment and Development Economics | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
| cg.volume | 24 | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Joshi, Kuhu | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-21T09:05:20Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-21T09:05:20Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145914 | |
| dc.title | The impact of drought on human capital in rural India | en |
| dcterms.abstract | We study the impact of a severe drought on children's educational outcomes in rural Maharashtra, a state in central India. Using pooled cross section data on children's test scores, we employ a difference-in-differences methodology to estimate the impact. We find that the drought caused a decline of 4.14 per cent in math scores and 2.67 per cent in reading scores of affected children. We also study heterogeneity in the impact by gender, age, parents' schooling, and household wealth, finding evidence in support of an income effect whereby households with limited means to smooth consumption disinvest in their children in response to the drought. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Limited Access | |
| dcterms.available | 2019-05-31 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Joshi, Kuhu. 2019. The impact of drought on human capital in rural India. Environment and Development Economics 24(4): 413-436. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000123 | en |
| dcterms.extent | 413-136 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2019-06-10 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | |
| dcterms.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6677 | en |
| dcterms.subject | human capital | en |
| dcterms.subject | education | en |
| dcterms.subject | drought | en |
| dcterms.subject | rural areas | en |
| dcterms.subject | climate change | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |