Floods hit some parts of the world harder than others. 🌍

My #EconJMP uncovers how floods change resource sharing within households in one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. 🌊📊

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The link between women’s declining earnings and resource shares is clear: As women’s relative earnings fall, so does their share of household resources. Addressing this is critical for reducing vulnerabilities.

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The material impact? After 4 years, women in flooded households have an individual-level budget of $4.7/day, compared to $7.9/day for men.
For context, the extreme poverty line is $2.15/day. These shifts push women closer to this poverty threshold while men move further from it.

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Intrahousehold gender inequalities increase with the number of floods experienced.

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Floods trigger a redistribution of household resources:
🌊Women lose ~9 pp of their resource share (compared to women in unaffected households), while men gain ~11 pp within 6 months.
🌊These shifts persist: ~7 pp lower for women & ~12 pp higher for men even 4 years later.

1/ How do climate shocks reshape lives inside households? 🏠🌍
My #EconJMP explores how climate shocks can change the way household members share resources, deepening intrahousehold inequalities. This has important implications for climate resilience and policy design. #EconSky