We use spatially disaggregated daily crime data for the City of Los Angeles to measure the impact of heat and pollution … on crime and to study how this relationship varies across the city. On average, overall crime increases by 2.2% and … violent crime by 5.7% on days with maximum daily temperatures above 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29.4° C) compared to days below …

limited influence of a cash transfer program as well as comparison with both non-violent DTO crime and suicides, indicate that …

between crime rates in a particular area due to displacement. In this paper, we exploit the correlation between weather and … lagged crime rates due to unexpected weather shocks, we find that the strong positive serial correlation documented in OLS is … interactions in the production of crime, it may also be due to the persistence of unobserved determinants of crime. Moreover, there …

We examine the effects of cold weather periods on family budgets and on nutritional outcomes in poor American families … unusually cold weather (a 10 degree F drop below normal). At same time, poor families reduce food expenditures by roughly the … their children outside the South spend and eat less food during cold weather temperature shocks. We surmise that existing …

This paper studies the effect of changes in economic conditions on crime. We exploit the 1990s trade liberalization in … tariff reductions experienced a temporary increase in crime following liberalization. Next, we investigate through what … channels the trade-induced economic shocks may have affected crime. We show that the shocks had significant effects on …

the impact of the weather on purchasing decisions. We find that the choice to purchase a convertible, a 4-wheel drive, or … a vehicle that is black in color is highly dependent on the weather at the time of purchase in a way that is …

Economists are increasingly using weather data and climate model output in analyses of the economic impacts of climate … change. This article introduces weather data sets and climate models that are frequently used, discusses the most common … to weather data, including a summary of the types of datasets available, and then discuss five common pitfalls that …