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Hospitals are under increasing pressure as they bear a growing burden of chronic disease while also dealing with emergency cases that do not all require hospital care. Many countries have responded by introducing alternative facilities that provide 24/7 care for basic and medium-complexity...
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For all climatic regions, mortality due to cold exceeds mortality due to heat. We examine whether cold-related mortality in adulthood varies positively with unusually benign ambient temperature during gestation, using data on over 13,500 Swedes from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study born in...
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migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a …
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uncomfortable. These preferences vary by location due to sorting or adaptation. Changes in climate amenities under business …. -- climate amenities ; climate change ; quality of life ; temperature profiles ; heterogeneous preferences …
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A critical part of adapting to the higher temperatures that climate change brings will be the deployment of existing …
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This paper tests the hypothesis that a high and persistent exposure to infectious diseases increases the likelihood of civil conflicts. Diseases that are difficult to prevent and treat may reduce the opportunity costs of violent activities, both directly and indirectly. The analysis exploits new...
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This paper studies how in utero exposure to a large-scale climate adaptation program affects birth outcomes. The …
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This paper studies the impact of climate change on the nutritional status of very young children between the ages of 0 … and household controls are included. We find that exposure to changing climate in utero and in the month of conception … results indicate that climate change has real consequences for the health of very young populations who are in vulnerable …
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We analyze the impact of climate events on migration among a cohort of young adults residing in rural Madagascar. We … that the liquidity constraints from climate shocks that prevent youth migration are more binding for young women who …
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estimates reveal no evidence of adaptation, instead the temperature relationship is stable across time, baseline climate, air … the implications of our findings for the allocation of mental health services and in light of climate change. …
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