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Schlicht, Ekkehart (contributor) - 2006

Most demand -- especially labor demand -- is derived from the demand for some other product. This note demonstrates that the usual analysis of economic rent, as typically explained for the case of consumers' surplus, carries over to the case of derived demand. -- derived demand ; indirect demand...

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Extreme weather and long-term health : evidence from two millennia of Chinese elites

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Li, Ben G. - 2019

Modern technology empowers human beings to cope with various extreme weather events. Using Chinese historical data, we … examine the impact of extreme weather on long-term human health in an environment where individuals have no access to modern … technology. By combining life course data on 5,000 Chinese elites with historical weather data over the period 1-1840 AD, we find …

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Temperature and mental health : evidence from the spectrum of mental health outcomes

Mullins, Jamie T.; White, Corey D. - 2019

This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that higher temperatures increase emergency department visits for mental illness, suicides, and self-reported days of poor mental health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce...

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Temperature and the timing of work

Cosaert, Sam; Nieto Castro, Adrián; Tatsiramos, … - 2023

We leverage U.S. county-day temperature variation combined with daily time use data to examine the effect of temperature on the timing of work. We find that warmer (colder) temperatures increase (decrease) working time during the night and decrease (increase) working time in the morning. These...

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Weather conditions and daily commuting

Belloc, Ignacio; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2022

the extent that climate projections are less than optimistic, understanding how individuals respond to extreme weather … extreme weather conditions is that of personal travel, including commuting, an activity that is done daily by millions of … workers worldwide. Within this framework, we estimate the effects of weather conditions on daily commuting and travel choices …

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Do wind turbines have adverse health impacts?

Krekel, Christian; Rode, Johannes; Roth, Alexander - 2023

While wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, there are concerns about adverse health impacts on nearby residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link a representative longitudinal household panel to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered...

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Does pollution drive achievement? : the effect of traffic pollution on academic performance

Heissel, Jennifer; Persico, Claudia; Simon, David - 2019

We examine the effect of school traffic pollution on student outcomes by leveraging variation in wind patterns for schools the same distance from major highways. We compare within-student achievement for students transitioning between schools near highways, where one school has had greater...

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Extreme temperatures and time-use in China

Garg, Teevrat; Gibson, Matthew; Sun, Fanglin - 2019

decades and relying on plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we estimate how extreme temperatures affect time use in China …

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Managing the impact of climate on migration : evidence from Mexico

Chort, Isabelle; De La Rupelle, Maëlys; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2019

This paper uses state-level data on migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. from 1999 to 2011 to investigate the migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a disaster fund (Fonden). While lower than average...

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What to expect when it gets hotter : the impacts of prenatal exposure to extreme heat on maternal and infant health

Kim, Jiyoon; Lee, Ajin; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2019

We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, and that this effect is larger for black than for white mothers. At childbirth, heat-exposed...

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