Floods, Agricultural Production, and Household Welfare: Evidence from Tanzania

Berenger Djoumessi Tiague ()
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Berenger Djoumessi Tiague: University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2023, vol. 85, issue 2, No 2, 384 pages

Abstract: Abstract Floods affect more than 21 million people yearly, principally in poor countries. Using 3-year panel microdata from Tanzania and satellite flood data, this paper investigates the impacts of two successive large floods on households’ value of crop production, income, expenditures and life satisfaction. Using a kernel weighting difference-in-differences approach, we find a 34% decrease in the value of crop production for households living in affected villages or clusters in the year following the shock. We find no effects on total expenditures or child nutrition, but a significant negative effect on self-employment income and a persistent decrease in life satisfaction. Finally, access to safety nets or transfer income, and to forests in a village appears to have important mitigating effects.

Keywords: Crop production; Welfare; Flooding; Natural disasters; LSMS-ISA; Tanzania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I31 Q12 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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