This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat …

environmental quality including SO2 concentrations and climate in Europe at the regional level. We find a robust negative impact of …

-Economic Panel that we combine with geographic flood data, we compare the savings behavior of affected and non-affected individuals …

This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth … accumulation, savings rates, and portfolio choices. Locus of control is a psychological concept that captures individuals' beliefs …-of-control gap in savings rates is largest among rich households, the gap in wealth accumulation is particularly large for poor …

Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially …-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine principal-security with lottery-type jackpots, can increase savings among these at …-risk households. Results from an online experiment show that the introduction of PLS accounts increase total savings and reduce …

increase savings, they are unavailable to the millions of people worldwide who not have a formal wage bill. Self-help peer … first experiment finds that self-help peer groups are very potent at increasing savings. In contrast, a more classical … tool to encourage savings. …

The aim of this paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by … Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) predict an intensification of climate change for future years. Thus climate … change has taken an essential place in world governance. The relationship between climate change, natural disasters and …

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 … uncomfortable. These preferences vary by location due to sorting or adaptation. Changes in climate amenities under business …

We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic … provide partial protection from disease. However, these actions are costly and households face borrowing constraints …. Parameterizing the model, we explore the impact of a worldwide temperature increase of 3° C. We find that the impact on disease …

from existing empirical literature to compose an initial picture of household-level strategies for adapting to climate …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 …