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The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Schmitt, Maike; Karlsson, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
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Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India
Balasubramaniam, Divya; Chatterjee, Santanu; Mustard, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social … divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to … for access to tap water in rural India. Communities that are heterogeneous in terms of caste (within the majority Hindu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323389
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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L.; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225780
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India's Approach to Capital Account Liberalization
Prasad, Eswar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this paper, I analyze India's approach to capital account liberalization through the lens of the new literature on … financial globalization. India's authorities have taken a cautious and calibrated path to capital account opening, which has … the key challenge now facing India's policymakers on this front. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703471
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Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration: An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries
Drabo, Alassane; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
change has taken an essential place in world governance. The relationship between climate change, natural disasters and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283576
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Rural Households in a Changing Climate
Baez, Javier E.; Kronick, Dorothy; Mason, Andrew D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...
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Climate Vulnerability, Communities' Resilience and Child Labour
Boutin, Delphine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This article clarifies and quantifies the causal impact of climate change vulnerability on child labour incidence and intensity. For this purpose, we create an index of vulnerability to climate change, composed of biophysical vulnerability and communities' resilience. Both, participation to...
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Climate Amenities, Climate Change, and American Quality of Life
Albouy, David; Graf, Walter; Kellogg, Ryan; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We present a hedonic framework to estimate U.S. households' preferences over local climates, using detailed weather and 2000 Census data. We find that Americans favor an average daily temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit, will pay more on the margin to avoid excess heat than cold, and are not...
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Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach
Gollin, Douglas; Zimmermann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...
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Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004
Bargain, Olivier; Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper is one of the first comprehensive attempts to compare earnings in urban China and India over the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761863