We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values … Survey. Climate is described in terms of 'degree-months' calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18 … to analyse a particular climate change scenario associated with the IPCC A2 emissions scenario points to major losses for …

pay for changes in climate is revealed using European data on reported life satisfaction. Individuals located in areas … according to the preferred climates households appear strongly to favour the Mediterranean climate over the climate of Northern …

national and international climate politics. As a consequence of these shortcomings, the measures taken so far, although quite …

agricultural technology and infrastructure, as well as to climate and edaphic endowments. We incorporate explicit climate …-technology interactions in the model, in order to identify climate effects on the diffusion of HYVs, irrigation and multiple- cropping, and on … Net Revenue to agriculture. We find that climate affects technology development and diffusion, and that technology …

, lower average quality of infant and toddler care in MDC. We find that Florida?s welfare reform, with its requirement that …

and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as …. Although focus is on hurricanes in Florida, this GDD technique is applicable to a wider range of exogenous shocks. …

average worker in a Florida county rises over 4% within the first quarter of being hit by a major Category 4 or 5 hurricane … relative to counties not hit, and rises about 1¼% for workers in Florida counties hit by less major Category 1-3 hurricanes …

We examine earnings records for 90,000 classroom teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001-02 and …

This paper studies the evolution of hurricane insurance in Florida over the last decades. Hurricanes (and other natural …. The state of Florida has reacted to the incapacity of the private sector to insure hurricane risks at reasonable premium … levels with the creation of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (an insurer of last resort) and the Florida Hurricane …

We use statewide administrative data from Florida to estimate the impact of attending public schools with different …