for rain is more likely among ethnic groups dependent on intensive agriculture for subsistence and that ethnic groups …

Climate change increases weather variability, exacerbating agricultural risk in poor countries. Risk-averse farmers are …

Quantile regression(QR) fits a linear model for conditional quantiles, just as ordinary least squares (OLS) fits a … regression with discrete covariates suggests that QR may have a similar property, but the exact nature of the linear …

weather shocks, we find that drought tolerant maize seeds mitigate the impact of mid-season drought. Compared to farms in …

Correctional facilities commonly lack climate control, producing a setting absent endogenous responses to hot weather … like avoidance, adjustment, and mitigation. We study daily weather variation across the state of Mississippi, and show that …

historic data on weather, climate, economic activity and other variables. This has been an active area of research for several … long-run) estimated, the type of weather or climate variation used, and the pros and cons of the approach …

The livelihoods of the majority of the world's poor depend on agriculture. They face substantial risk from fluctuations … in weather conditions. Better risk, credit and savings markets can improve productivity and welfare in rural areas but … insurance contracts - improving the skill of long-run weather forecasts. We use an equilibrium model of agricultural production …