disaster fund (Fonden). While lower than average precipitations increase undocumented migration, especially from the most …

This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events … adaptation by directly providing public goods to manage disaster risks or by facilitating private agents' adaptation responses …

(endogamy, age and education difference between spouses). Weather shocks provide an exogenous source of variation of household … income through agricultural production. Data on weather shocks are merged with individual and household level data from the …

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 …

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 …