Climate change is predicted to affect global rainfall patterns, but there is mixed evidence with regard to the effect … of rainfall on civil conflict. Even among researchers who argue that rainfall reduces civil conflict, there is … variation in the relationship between rainfall and agricultural production to explore the connection between rainfall and civil …

- 3 years by using weather data from the last half century merged with rich information on child, mother and household … varying rainfall jointly. Leveraging a saturated fixed-effects model that controls for annual trends and location …-specific seasonality, and that allows the impacts of temperature to vary non-parametrically while rainfall and humidity have flexible non …

, particularly in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Whilst the long-term effects of being exposed to rainfall shocks early in … mechanisms through which these shocks operate. This paper analyses the effects of early exposure to rainfall shocks on four …-level rainfall estimates. The key identification strategy relies on temporary climatic shocks being uncorrelated with other latent …

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 …