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Market forces, supplemented by government policy, affect how firms and households jointly determine product and workplace safety levels. After developing the economic theory of how labor and product markets pair prices and health risks we then explain the effects of the relevant government...
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from climate change globally, with declines in cold-related deaths in some regions outweighed by increases in heat … georeferenced data on emergency department visits, mortality, and daily temperatures across California from 2006-2017, we show that … responses fundamentally shape the burden of future climate change: we predict that mortality in California will decrease by 0 …
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This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and …-protecting adaptations to high temperatures. The second part of the paper examines the private and external costs of electricity generation … and consumption related to high temperatures, a commonly-used proxy for measuring the consumption of adaptation services …
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Extreme weather events can disrupt agricultural markets, but agricultural trade can help address subsequent food … between trade and food security in an environment where extreme weather events create uncertainty. The analysis suggests that …
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temperatures between the 1980s and the 2010s, these heterogeneous effects have led to higher concentration of manufacturing …-run adaptation to climate change, including their ability to hedge across locations, easier access to finance, and higher managerial …
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Climate change increases weather variability, exacerbating agricultural risk in poor countries. Risk-averse farmers are … investments but does not change crops. Our results demonstrate that forecasts are a promising tool for climate adaptation …
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