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 … interpretability of weather data and weather-induced mechanisms. Recognizing these limitations, we conclude with a cautious …

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. …

throughout history. Rural citizens in developing countries to-day, however, remain highly exposed to fluctuations in the weather … signicant mortality and morbidity stress that rural households face in times ofadverse weather (Burgess, Deschenes, Donaldson … nominalagricultural income and acutely high food prices { are an extreme manifestation of this mapping from weather to death. Knowles …