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We survey the microeconomics literature that studies how firms in the developing world are adapting to extreme weather … exposure. We discuss benchmarks for measuring adaptation progress at the firm, industry and macroeconomic level …
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This paper analyzes the short- and long-term impact of extreme weather events on educational outcomes in Mongolia. Our … comprehensive retrospective information on households’ historic experience with weather shocks. Exposure to the weather shock … climate data as well as household-level livestock losses. Exposure to weather shocks during preschool age (as opposed to …
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This paper examines how rural households cope with climate change related rainfall shocks by re-allocating children's time between domestic activities and school attendance. Households affected by an unanticipated rainfall shock face an inter-temporal trade-off between current household income...
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Despite a vast literature documenting the negative effects of climate change on various socio-economic outcomes, little, if any, evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty. Analyzing a new global dataset of subnational poverty in 166 countries, we find higher...
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concentrate on short-term impacts, neglecting adaptation. Emerging research on adaptation indicates that workplace cooling is …, labor-oriented adaptation, flexible work regulation, labor market integration, and social protection. The paper concludes by …
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We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...
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: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in … ; rural households ; adaptation ; risk-coping mechanisms ; long-term effects …
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: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in …
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The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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