(especially in the climate economy literature) finds that precipitation has no robust and significant impact on various measures … of aggregate economic output. This paper argues that spatial aggregation of weather at the country level explains this … the dominant pathway. The results have significant consequences for measuring the economic impacts of climate change …

This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural … percent of household energy demand is fulfilled by biomass. Improved stoves use less firewood and produce less smoke, and they …

To what degree can vulnerability to extreme weather events be mitigated by access to a rural livelihoods program … India and the staggered rollout of a rural livelihoods intervention. Comparisons from household surveys across communities … reductions in overall household expenditure, and that these reductions were indeed the largest for women, adding to the emerging …

small businesses. With climate change, the frequency of extreme weather events is expected to increase further. A clear … experience shocks. This study uses a nationally representative household survey and exogenously measured weather shocks to assess …Severe weather shocks recurrently hit Malawi, and they adversely affect the incomes of many farm households as well as …