technologies to new sectors and regions. This paper examines the evolution of the temperature-mortality relationship over the … mean temperature exceeding 80° F has declined by about 70%. Almost the entire decline occurred after 1960. There are about … 14,000 fewer fatalities annually than if the pre-1960 impacts of high temperature on mortality still prevailed. Second …

effects of temperature shocks on birth rates in the United States between 1931 and 2010. Our innovative approach allows for … fertility cost of temperature shocks by shifting conception month. This dynamic adjustment helps explain the observed decline in … on our analysis of historical changes in the temperature-fertility relationship, we conclude air conditioning could be …

-2018), we explore the relationship between temperature and workplace safety and its implications for labor market inequality …. Hotter temperature increases workplace injuries significantly, causing approximately 20,000 injuries per year. The effects … temperature (e.g. falling from heights), consistent with cognitive or cost-related channels. The risks are substantially larger …

characteristics in rural coastal Bangladesh. We evaluate the health consequences of rising temperature and relative humidity and …-specific seasonality, and that allows the impacts of temperature to vary non-parametrically while rainfall and humidity have flexible non …

entrepreneurs appear to be especially forward-looking and responsive to warmer January temperature as a locational amenity. The …

Climate change has stimulated growing interest in the influence of temperature on cognition, mood and decision making …. This paper is the first investigation of the impact of temperature on the outcomes of criminal court cases. It is motivated … by Heyes and Saberian (2019, AEJ: Applied Economics), who found strong effects of temperature on judges' decisions in …

random year-to-year fluctuations in ambient temperature within counties. We find that the provision of primary care through …

socioeconomic factors such as income. We revisit the temperature-violence relationship and show that cash transfers attenuate one …

shocks? I estimate that temperature-driven reductions in the demand for agricultural labor in India are associated with …