Rural mobility and climate vulnerability: evidence from the 2015 drought in Ethiopia

Thesis

In 2015, parts of Ethiopia experienced the worst meteorological drought in decades. Using this event as a natural experiment, I investigate vulnerability to drought in rural Ethiopia using a difference-in-differences strategy. I construct a Standardised Precipitation Index from 35 years of satellite rainfall data to exogenously measure local drought intensity. I combine this with nationally representative household panel data, collected before and soon after the drought. Results show that ...

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Authors: Brunckhorst, B

• Type of award: MSc
• Level of award: Masters
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Transport; Mobility; Drought; Rural Ethiopia; Household agricultural production; Climate Change; Household consumption
• Subjects: Development economics; Infrastructure (Economics)--Developing countries; Effect of drought on; Rural development; Climatic extremes