Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (35 pages)
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Erscheint auch als Alfani, Federica When the Rain Stops Falling: Effects of Droughts on the Tunisian Labor Market
Keywords:
Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage
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Agriculture
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Clean Water
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Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Drought
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Drought Management
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Employment
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Employment and Unemployment
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Gender Equality
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Gender Gap
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Nutrition
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Sanitation
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SDG 2
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SDG 5
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SDG 6
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SDG 8
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Social Protections and Labor
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Tunisia
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Water Resources
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Zero Hunger
Abstract:
This paper investigates the effects of severe drought shocks on Tunisia's agriculture sector during 2000-19. Using labor force surveys aligned with granular weather data, it calculates the Standardized Potential Evapotranspiration Index to detect moderate-to-severe drought shocks at the governorate level and frames the analysis in a staggered difference-in-differences setting. The findings show that shocked areas experience a drop of 7.4 to 10.6 percentage points in agricultural employment with respect the untreated or not-yet-treated governorates. There is a contemporaneous opposite dynamic in the employment rate of low-skill and less climate-sensitive sectors, as well as a modest and transient increase in unemployment. The effects are largely heterogeneous across groups of workers, with very young individuals, women, and low-educated workers paying the highest toll
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