Ginbo Gatiso, Tsegaye
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- The World Bank
Research article2023Peer reviewedOpen access
Intra-household risk perceptions and climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa
Ginbo, Tsegaye; Hansson, Helena
Abstract
We examine the effects of spouses' climate risk perceptions (CRPs), defined by their beliefs about unfavourable climatic events and associated damages, on climate change adaptation (CCA) and the observed gender gap in adaptation. Our analysis uses the intra-household data collected by independent interviews with 1,274 female and male spouses in Kenya, Uganda and Senegal. By addressing the CRP endogeneity issue using the exogenous weather shocks during data collection months as instruments, we find that a higher CRP of both female and male spouses increases their probability of adopting CCA strategies. We also find that a higher CRP of female spouses reduces the adaptation gap by increasing their relative adoption of soil and water conservation practices. Our results highlight the importance of understanding gender-differentiated behavioural and economic factors to design effective climate policy interventions.
Keywords
risk perceptions; climate change adaptation; gender gap; climate-smart agriculture
Published in
European Review of Agricultural Economics
2023, volume: 50, number: 3, pages: 1039–1063
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
SLU Authors
Hansson, Helena
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG5 Gender equality
SDG13 Climate action
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbad011
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/122270