Gender and Climate Change in Latin America: An analysis of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience based on household surveys

Lykke Andersen, Dorte Verner (dortev@iadb.org) and Manfred Wiebelt (manfred.wiebelt@ifw-kiel.de)
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No 08/2014, Development Research Working Paper Series from Institute for Advanced Development Studies

Abstract: This paper analyzes gender differences in vulnerability and resilience to shocks, including climate change and climate variability, for Peru, Brazil and Mexico, which together account for more than half the population in Latin America. Vulnerability and resilience indicators are measured by a combination of the level of household incomes per capita and the degree of diversification of these incomes. Thus, households which simultaneously have incomes which are below the national poverty line and which are poorly diversified (Diversification Index below 0.5) are classified as highly vulnerable, whereas households which have highly diversified incomes above the poverty line are classified as highly resilient. The analysis shows that female headed households in all three countries tend to be less vulnerable and more resilient than male headed households, despite the fact that the former usually have lower education levels.

Keywords: Livelihood diversification; resilience; vulnerability; external shocks; Mexico; Brazil and Peru (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I32 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2014-11
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Journal Article: Gender and Climate Change in Latin America: An Analysis of Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience Based on Household Surveys (2017)
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