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Burden of Climate Change on Malaria Mortality
Dasgupta, Shouro - 2017
occurred in children under five years old. Changes in climatic exposure such as temperature and precipitation makes malaria one …, we estimate that the global optimal temperature maximizing all-age malaria mortality is 20.6, lower than previously … predicted in the literature. While in the case of child mortality, a significantly lower optimum temperature of 19.3° is …
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The economic impacts of temperature on industrial productivity: Evidence from Indian manufacturing
Sudarshan, Anant; Tewari, Meenu - 2014
between temperature and GDP. …
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The selection effects of part-time work: Experimental evidence from a large-scale recruitment drive
Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant; Kim, Hyunseob; Zhu, John Y. - 2022
We implement a field experiment to examine how part-time work attracts applicants with different quality and productivity levels than full-time work. In a large-scale recruitment drive for a data-entry position in Ethiopia, either a part-time or fulltime job opportunity was randomly offered...
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Having it all? Employment, earnings and children
Laun, Tobias; Wallenius, Johanna - 2017
Sweden boasts high fertility and high female employment. However, part-time employment is very prevalent. There is a notable gender gap in both wages and earnings, which widens substantially after women have children. In this paper we study the effect of family policies on female employment,...
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Causal effects of subsidized career breaks
Nordström Skans, Oskar; Lindqvist, Linus - 2005
The paper uses a quasi-experimental situation to analyze the effects of career interruptions on future labor market outcomes. Data are generated by a Swedish program that granted career breaks to applicants until funds where exhausted. Comparing approved and declined (due to lack of funds)...
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RICE-MED, an integrated assessment model for the Mediterranean basin: assessing the climate-economy-agriculture nexus
Castelli, Chiara; Castellini, Marta; Gusperti, Camilla; … - 2023
future catastrophic event, triggered by the temperature increase and variation over time, following the approach of … Social Optimum and the Temperature Limit, where population dynamics is calibrated according to the IIASA SSP2 projections … limit of a temperature increase of less than 2êC requires a carbon tax of more than 700 USD/tC by 2050, doubling by the end …
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A dynamic analysis of human welfare in a warming planet
Llavador, Humberto; Roemer, John E.; Silvestre, Joaquim - 2009
Climate stabilization requires low GHG emissions. Is this consistent with nondecreasing human welfare? Our welfare index, called quality of life (QuoL), emphasizes education, knowledge, and the environment. We calibrate a multigenerational model with education, physical capital, knowledge and...
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Complex climate effects on cooperation and disputes in transboundary river basins
Bring, Arvid; Sjoberg, Eric - 2017
precipitation and soil moisture projected for many regions of the globe may offset positive effects of temperature, and reinforcing …
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Do Global Financial Markets Capitalise Sustainability? Evidence of a Quick Reversal
Moliterni, Fabio - 2018
This study investigates the growing importance of sustainability in equity markets by estimating whether company commitment to sustainability matters in corporate valuation. The spreading concern for social and environmental issues, and especially for the material risks of climate change,...
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Overstraining International Climate Finance: When Conflicts of Objectives Threaten Its Succes
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Rübbelke, Dirk - 2020
efficiently combat global warm-ing, but also to solve development problems in the recipient countries. Thereby, conflicts between …
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