models of county-level corn yields in the Eastern United States by allowing the effect of various weather measures to vary in …

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 …

compares the actual performance of markets in Europe and China, two regions of the world that were relatively advanced in the … findings suggest that relative levels of market function in China and Europe were similar prior to the Industrial Revolution …

and compare capital market development in Britain and China. Interest rates for Britain were lower than China's on average … are twice those of the Delta, and three or more times as high as elsewhere in China. Overall, our results suggest capital …

country using data from the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in China. The NCEE is one of the most important … institutions in China and affects hundreds of millions of families. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in temperature …

mothers' labor market outcomes. We employ individual-level survey data from China and leverage plausibly exogenous … fluctuations in heat exposure within cities. The results demonstrate that exposure to extremely hot weather during pregnancy … extreme weather generates health and economic costs …