According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect … more or less restrictive/selective migration policies and derive their implications for the evolution of world inequality …

We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South … of waiting, as well as future consumption patterns …

Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of … scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and … of river water. An implication is that future climate change will affect electricity prices not only through changes in …

concentrate on the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil to highlight the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life … minimized when the local public health infrastructure is sufficiently developed (municipality coverage of piped water and … during the dry season, and for mortality in the first 6 months of life. The results seem to be driven by water scarcity per …

instrument water mass change by the interaction of the number of drought months per year with yearly global average temperature … mitigate these effects substantially. Water demand factors contribute to a quicker depletion of water mass in case of drought …Climate change and the increasing demand of water intensify the global water cycle, altering the distribution of water …

with naturally occurring inorganic arsenic. Prolonged drinking of such water risks development of diseases and therefore … contamination of tubewells, the primary source of drinking water at home, on the learning outcome of school-going children in rural …

This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an …