Table 5

Effects of Weather on the Acquisition of Land Certificates (OLS)

Dependent VariableNew Land Certificate
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Dry spell (lag 1)0.04***0.03***0.03***
(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)
Dry spell−0.02−0.01
(0.02)(0.02)
Precipitation CV (lag 1)−0.06*−0.21***−0.16**
(0.03)(0.05)(0.06)
Precipitation CV−0.27***−0.22**
(0.08)(0.09)
Median temperature0.13***0.060.070.14***−0.020.01
(0.04)(0.10)(0.08)(0.04)(0.04)(0.05)
Household controlsNoNoYesNoNoYes
Household fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Enumerator fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Wave fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYes
R-squared0.660.660.680.660.670.68
N1,5211,5211,5161,5211,5211,516

Sources: Trans-SEC household panel survey (waves 1–3), CHIRPS (precipitation), and ERA5 (temperature).

Note: Standard errors are clustered at the level of the precipitation data points.

  • ↵* p < 0.10;

  • ↵** p < 0.05;

  • ↵*** p < 0.01.