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Weather and crime: Cautious evidence from South Africa
Brüderle, Mirjam Anna; Peters, Jörg; Roberts, Gareth - 2022
South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. This paper examines the effect of weather shocks on …, we find evidence for a subtle medium-term effect of weather on crime via droughts and agricultural income, which is in … various types of crime. Using a 12-year panel data set at monthly resolution on the police ward level, we observe a short …
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Weather and Crime—Cautious evidence from South Africa
Ankel-Peters, Jörg; Bruederle, Anna; Roberts, Gareth - In: Q Open 3 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. This paper examines the effect of weather shocks on …-term effect of temperatures on violent crime. Furthermore, we find evidence for the medium-term effect of weather on crime via … various types of crime. Using a 12-year panel data set at a monthly resolution on the police ward level, we observe a short …
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Weather and crime in South Africa
Bruederle, Anna; Peters, Jörg; Roberts, Gareth - 2017
examines the effect of weather shocks on various types of crime. Using a 12-year panel data set at monthly resolution on the … weather on crime via agricultural income, which is in line with the economic theory of crime. Our findings have direct policy … implications for the design of crime prevention strategies, in which weather forecasts could play an important role. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783761
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Non-Economic Quality of Life and Population Density in South Africa
Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2016
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between population density and non-economic quality of life. Popular opinion has generally been that population density can be seen as beneficial for economic growth, as it allows for greater productivity, greater incomes and can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624264
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Suburbanization and residential desegregation in South Africa's cities
Naudé, Wim - 2010
Population density gradients for South Africa's cities are quite small in absolute value, indicating a relatively flat population distribution across the cities. In contrast employment is less flatly distributed than the population. The relationship between employment densities and distance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280179
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The Effect of Climate Change and Adaptation Policy on Agricultural Production in Eastern Africa
Kahsay, Goytom Abraha; Hansen, Lars Gårn - 2014
We estimate the production function for agricultural output in Eastern Africa incorporating climate variables disaggregated into growing and non-growing seasons. We find a substantial negative effect of within growing season variance of precipitation. We simulate predicted climate change for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101021
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Urbanization, climate change, and structural transformation in Accra, Ghana
Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Ohemeng, Williams; … - 2024
This study examines the effect of climate on citywide labour productivity in the Accra city region. We use data from Ghana's Integrated Business and Establishment Survey dataset, climate data at the sub-city level from Ghana Meteorological Agency, and satellite and reanalysis data, as well as...
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Economic effects of climate change in developing countries: Economy-wide and regional analysis for Ethiopia
Yalew, Amsalu W.; Hirte, Georg; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; … - 2017
Quantifying the economic effects of climate change is a crucial step for planning adaptation in developing countries. This study assesses the economy-wide and regional effects of climate change induced productivity and labor supply shocks in agriculture in Ethiopia. The study shows, in worst...
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General equilibrium effects of public adaptation in agriculture in LDCs: Evidence from Ethiopia
Yalew, Amsalu W.; Hirte, Georg; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; … - 2017
Ethiopia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. This is because its important economic sector, agriculture, is virtually rain-fed. The role of the sector in the current economic structure and the potency of the anticipated biophysical impacts of climate change necessitates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011690231
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Infrastructure and climate change: Impacts and adaptations for South Africa
Chinowsky, Paul S.; Schweikert, Amy E.; Strzepek, Niko L.; … - 2012
This paper presents the results of the current study on the impact of climate change on the road and building infrastructure within South Africa. The approach builds upon previous work associated with the UNU-WIDER Development under Climate Change effort emphasizing the impact of climate change...
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