that rainfall variability induces the reallocation of labor supply: (i) out of agriculture to unemployment, (ii) from …

substantial declines in employment - especially overall hours - in the sector in the wake of negative weather-related economic …

model rejects all simplifying assumptions common in the empirical literature. In particular, the log wage regression is …

Cross-national differences in outcomes are often analysed using regression analysis of multilevel country datasets …, examples of which include the ECHP, ESS, EU-SILC, EVS, ISSP, and SHARE. We review the regression methods applicable to this … likely to be unreliable. Multilevel (hierarchical) modelling methods are commonly used in this context but they are no …

We consider inference in regression discontinuity designs when the running variable only takes a moderate number of …

Identification in a regression discontinuity (RD) design hinges on the discontinuity in the probability of treatment …

This article introduces lassopack, a suite of programs for regularized regression in Stata. lassopack implements lasso …, square-root lasso, elastic net, ridge regression, adaptive lasso and post-estimation OLS. The methods are suitable for 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 …