Climate change response : input adjustment in agriculture

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dc.contributor.advisorClaro Edwards, Sebastián
dc.contributor.advisorJaniak, Alexandre
dc.contributor.advisorVicondoa Ramos, Alejandro Martín
dc.contributor.authorFigari Leiva, Sebastián
dc.contributor.otherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía
dc.date2020-08-27
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-27T12:13:34Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2020-08-25T20:39:12Z
dc.descriptionTesis (Magíster en Economía)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2020
dc.description.abstractCan farmers mitigate the impact of climate change? Using medium-term fluctuations of temperature and precipitation in Chile, this research tests the hypothesis of factor adjustment as a mechanism to attenuate the effects of extreme heat. I find that extreme heat leads to reallocation of land from fruit to forestry and primary activities. This readjustment leads to a reduction in labor and physical capital allocation in agriculture but also increases labor productivity and aggregate agricultural output. I conclude that this result is due to fruit sector is more labor-intensive than forestry and primary sectors, thus a reduction of this subsector drives away labor from the agriculture, but also leads to reallocation gains sufficiently high to compensate the direct losses due to extreme heat. These findings are consistent with farmers using input adjustments as a medium-term mechanism to attenuate the effects of extreme heat and highlight that accounting for land reallocation is essential to quantify the mitigation of the damages associated with climate change.
dc.description.version2020-08-27
dc.format.extent60 páginas
dc.identifier.doi10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/40146
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/40146
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/40146
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subject.ddc333.7140983
dc.subject.deweyEconomíaes_ES
dc.subject.otherCambios climáticos - Aspectos económicos - Chilees_ES
dc.subject.otherEconomía agraria - Chilees_ES
dc.subject.otherPredios agrícolas - Aspectos económicos - Chilees_ES
dc.titleClimate change response : input adjustment in agriculturees_ES
dc.typetesis de maestría
sipa.codpersvinculados93496
sipa.codpersvinculados1032051
sipa.codpersvinculados1058805
sipa.codpersvinculados232890
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