The impact of the 2015 El Niño-induced drought on household consumption: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

This paper evaluates the impact of the 2015 El Niño-induced drought on household consumption in Ethiopia. A Difference-in-Difference method was used to compare consumption changes over time in a group unaffected by the drought to the changes in a group affected by the drought. Using household-level consumption aggregate data from the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, the authors find that the 2015 drought reduces affected households’ annual consumption by 8% and the reduction was largely driven by changes in the lower tails of the consumption distribution. Overall, the report finds a significant consumption decline due to the 2015 drought and much of the decline has been experienced among the consumption-poor, indicating shock resilience inequality among rural households.
This paper is a contribution to the 2019 edition of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2019).
To cite this paper:
Kasie, T.A. et al.. The impact of the 2015 El Niño-induced drought on household consumption: Evidence from rural Ethiopia. Contributing Paper to GAR 2019
- Date:
- 2019
- Author(s):
- Kasie, Tesfahun Asmamaw et al.
- Pages:
- 27 p.
- Sources:
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- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Keywords
- Themes:
- Risk Identification & Assessment, Economics of DRR, Food Security & Agriculture
- Hazards:
- Drought
- Countries:
- Ethiopia
