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Long-lasting drought and adolescent socioemotional skills

Nova Economia, ISSN: 1980-5381, Vol: 34, Issue: 3
2024
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Abstract Socioemotional skills are key determinants of adult life outcomes. Significant changes in economic conditions can affect the formation of such skills, especially at more vulnerable ages. In this paper, we study how a long-lasting drought event is associated with adolescents' accumulation of socioemotional skills. Between 2012 to 2015, the Brazilian semi-arid region was exposed to a long-lasting exogenous drought. Comparing students exposed versus not exposed to the drought in the state of Ceará, we found evidence that the drought episode significantly reduced students’ conscientiousness skills, a skill related to persistence, organization, and focus. We confirmed these results by investigating the facets associated with conscientiousness, socioemotional traits and other related outcomes, such as student aspiration. This paper showed that a steep increase in drought can be correlated with students’ socioemotional skills, especially at sensitive ages of socioemotional formation.

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