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This paper studies how in utero exposure to a large-scale climate adaptation program affects birth outcomes. The …, adaptation policies can foster neonatal health and thus have positive long-run implications. …
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This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and … adaptation in the United States. The analysis produces several new facts. First, the reductions in the impact of extreme heat on … and consumption related to high temperatures, a commonly-used proxy for measuring the consumption of adaptation services …
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heat-sensitivity of injuries over the study period, suggesting significant scope for adaptation using existing technologies. …
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with air conditioning installed on site are less vulnerable to extreme high temperatures, indicating the role of adaptation. …
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-age poverty and less nursing care. We project that unabated climate change might bring heat to areas with particularly vulnerable …
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Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate anomalies for causal … identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate-driven geographical conditions, i.e. CC as defined by the IPCC (2013 … shrinking, implying limited adaptation. Additionally, the negative water supply effects on fishing, farming, and herding …
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Although at least 400 million people suffer from seasonal allergies worldwide, the adverse effects of pollen on "non-health" outcomes, such as cognition and productivity, are relatively understudied. Using ambulance archives from Japan, we demonstrate that high pollen days are associated with...
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We study the effects of in utero exposure to climate change induced high ocean salinity levels on children …
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This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households … from existing empirical literature to compose an initial picture of household-level strategies for adapting to climate … change in rural settings. We find that although households possess numerous strategies for managing climate shocks and shifts …
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This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households … from existing empirical literature to compose an initial picture of household-level strategies for adapting to climate … change in rural settings. We find that although households possess numerous strategies for managing climate shocks and shifts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734762