We investigate the impact of severe drought shocks in Morocco’s agricultural sector. Using a staggered difference-in-differences design, we estimate that climatic shocks resulted in a job displacement of approximately 6.5 percentage points for workers exposed to severe drought events. Additionally, we observe that, overall, approximately 39 per cent of these workers remained unemployed, leading to a partial reallocation failure. These effects are significant only for severe and extreme shocks, persist for at least 5 years, and are more pronounced among informal and female workers.

Job displacement and reallocation failure: evidence from climate shocks in Morocco / Alfani, Federica; Molini, Vasco; Pallante, Giacomo; Palma, Alessandro. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 1464-3618. - 2024, 51:1(2024), pp. 1-31. [10.1093/erae/jbad043]

Job displacement and reallocation failure: evidence from climate shocks in Morocco

Pallante, Giacomo
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Palma, Alessandro
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2024-01-01

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We investigate the impact of severe drought shocks in Morocco’s agricultural sector. Using a staggered difference-in-differences design, we estimate that climatic shocks resulted in a job displacement of approximately 6.5 percentage points for workers exposed to severe drought events. Additionally, we observe that, overall, approximately 39 per cent of these workers remained unemployed, leading to a partial reallocation failure. These effects are significant only for severe and extreme shocks, persist for at least 5 years, and are more pronounced among informal and female workers.
2024
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Alfani, Federica; Molini, Vasco; Pallante, Giacomo; Palma, Alessandro
Job displacement and reallocation failure: evidence from climate shocks in Morocco / Alfani, Federica; Molini, Vasco; Pallante, Giacomo; Palma, Alessandro. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 1464-3618. - 2024, 51:1(2024), pp. 1-31. [10.1093/erae/jbad043]
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