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Women, Weather, and Woes: The Triangular Dynamics of Female-Headed Households, Economic Vulnerability, and Climate Variability in South Africa
Flatø, Martin ; Muttarak, Raya ; Pelser, André
World development, 2017-02, Vol.90, p.41-62
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Oxford: Elsevier Ltd
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Title:
Women, Weather, and Woes: The Triangular Dynamics of Female-Headed Households, Economic Vulnerability, and Climate Variability in South Africa
Author:
Flatø, Martin
;
Muttarak, Raya
;
Pelser, André
Subjects:
Accounting
;
Adults
;
Agricultural economics
;
climate variability
;
Coping
;
Crop yield
;
Disasters
;
Districts
;
economic vulnerability
;
Family income
;
female-headed household
;
Females
;
Gender inequality
;
Households
;
Income
;
National income
;
poverty
;
Rain
;
Rainfall
;
Rainy season
;
Social networks
;
Social organization
;
South Africa
;
Studies
;
Variability
;
Weather
;
Widowhood
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World development, 2017-02, Vol.90, p.41-62
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•Female-headed households in South Africa are more affected by variation in rainfall than households with adults of both genders.•Single male-headed households are also differentially vulnerable, which can be explained by economic disadvantages.•Female-headed households are more vulnerable net of household characteristics which may be due to limited access to protective social networks.•Widows, “left-behind” migrant households, and the large group of never-married women are particularly vulnerable.•Vulnerability is only found in districts where the effect of rainfall on agricultural yields is above the median level. Existing gender inequality is believed to be heightened as a result of weather events and climate-related disasters that are likely to become more common in the future. We show that an already marginalized group—female-headed households in South Africa—is differentially affected by relatively modest levels of variation in rainfall, which households experience on a year-to-year basis. Data from three waves of the National Income Dynamics Survey in South Africa allow us to follow incomes of 4,162 households from 2006 to 2012. By observing how household income is affected by variation in rainfall relative to what is normally experienced during the rainy season in each district, our study employs a series of naturally occurring experiments that allow us to identify causal effects. We find that households where a single head can be identified based on residency or work status are more vulnerable to climate variability than households headed by two adults. Single male-headed households are more vulnerable because of lower initial earnings and, to a lesser extent, other household characteristics that contribute to economic disadvantages. However, this can only explain some of the differential vulnerability of female-headed households. This suggests that there are traits specific to female-headed households, such as limited access to protective social networks or other coping strategies, which makes this an important dimension of marginalization to consider for further research and policy in South Africa and other national contexts. Households headed by widows, never-married women, and women with a non-resident spouse (e.g., “left-behind” migrant households) are particularly vulnerable. We find vulnerable households only in districts where rainfall has a large effect on agricultural yields, and female-headed households remain vulnerable when accounting for dynamic impacts of rainfall on income.
Publisher:
Oxford: Elsevier Ltd
Language:
English;Norwegian
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