The Impact of Rainfall on Rice Output in Indonesia

David Levine and Dean Yang

No 20302, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We estimate the impact of weather variation on agricultural output in Indonesia by examining the impact of local rainfall shocks on rice output at the district level. Our analysis makes use of local meteorological data on rainfall in combination with government administrative data on district-level rice output in the 1990s. We find that deviations from mean local rainfall are positively associated with district-level rice output. 10% higher rainfall leads metric tons of rice output to be 0.4% higher on average. The impact of rainfall on rice output occurs contemporaneously (in the same calendar year), rather than with a lag. These results suggest that researchers should be justified in interpreting higher rainfall as a positive contemporaneous shock to local economic conditions in Indonesia.

JEL-codes: O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07
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