Vinha, KatjaSkoufias, EmmanuelConroy, Hector V.2012-03-192012-03-192011-02-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3325This paper examines the impacts of weather shocks, defined as rainfall or growing degree days more than a standard deviation from their respective long-run means, on household consumption per capita and child height-for-age. The results reveal that the current risk-coping mechanisms are not effective in protecting these two dimensions of welfare from erratic weather patterns. These findings imply that the change in the patterns of climatic variability associated with climate change is likely to reduce the effectiveness of the current coping mechanisms even more and thus increase household vulnerability further. The results reveal that weather shocks have substantial (negative as well as positive) effects on welfare that vary across regions (North vs. Center and South) and socio-economic characteristics (education and gender). The heterogeneous impacts of climatic variability suggest that a "tailored" approach to designing programs aimed at decreasing the sensitivity and increasing the capacity of rural households to adapt to climate change in Mexico is likely to be more effective.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO GOVERNMENTACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL REVENUEAIRALTITUDEARID NORTHARID REGIONAVERAGE RAINFALLBASE TEMPERATURECHILD DEVELOPMENTCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE DATACLIMATE RESEARCHCLIMATIC CHANGECLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICSCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLIMATIC FACTORSCLIMATIC RISKCLIMATIC VARIABILITYCOLD TEMPERATURESCOLD WEATHERCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITACOPING MECHANISMSCROP YIELDSCULTIVATED LANDCURRENT POVERTYDAILY TEMPERATUREDECREASE IN RAINFALLDEGREE DAYSDISASTERSDROUGHTDRY SEASONECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATEECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEELECTRICITYEPIDEMIOLOGYEXTREME EVENTEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME TEMPERATURESEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFAMILIESFARMERFLOODSFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD INTAKEFOOD POLICYFOOD SECURITYFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFREEZEFROSTGAMBLINGGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONSHEALTH CAREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDRENHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN HEALTHHUMIDITYHURRICANESIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITYINCIDENCE OF DISEASEINCOME FLUCTUATIONSINCOME SHOCKINCOME SHOCKSINCOME SMOOTHINGINCREASE IN TEMPERATUREINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFLUENZAINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERVENTIONIPCCISOLATIONMALNUTRITIONMAXIMUM TEMPERATUREMAXIMUM TEMPERATURESMEAN RAINFALLMEAN TEMPERATUREMEDICINESMETEOROLOGICAL DATAMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONSMIGRATIONMINIMUM TEMPERATUREMINIMUM TEMPERATURESMORBIDITYMORTALITYNATURAL DISASTERSNEGATIVE IMPACTNEGATIVE IMPACTSNUTRITIONNUTRITION REVIEWPEDIATRICSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOORER FAMILIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY STATUSPPPRECIPITATIONPRODUCTION PROCESSPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITY OF LIFERAINRAINFALLREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL WELFARERURAL AREASRURAL CREDITRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL HOUSEHOLDSSAFETY NETSSCHOOLINGSEASONSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSUBSISTENCETEMPERATE CLIMATESTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE DEVIATIONSTEMPERATURE EFFECTSTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTSTEMPERATURESTHREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGEVARIABILITY OF CLIMATEVULNERABILITY TO POVERTYWARMER TEMPERATURESWATER AVAILABILITYWATER USEWEATHER CONDITIONSWEATHER INFORMATIONWEATHER PATTERNSWEATHER STATIONSWEATHER VARIABILITYWELFARE MEASUREWET SEASONWINDWMOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5555