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a redistributive growth model by introducing exposure of households and firms to extreme weather events, that damage …
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This paper deals with the effect of (i) damage experience from extreme weather events and (ii) expectations concerning …. The effect of experienced weather events on SWB of the heads of the households is only significant for heat waves; not for … weather experiences are quantified. It becomes apparent that the indirect effect is significant but small compared to the …
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analy-sis reveals that the personal experience with extreme weather events (and particularly heat-waves) alone is already … stronger effects. A rising number of extreme weather events and consequential personal damages in the future might thus further …
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Extreme weather events can disrupt agricultural markets, but agricultural trade can help address subsequent food … between trade and food security in an environment where extreme weather events create uncertainty. The analysis suggests that …
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This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events … adaptation by directly providing public goods to manage disaster risks or by facilitating private agents' adaptation responses …
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This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the impacts of temperature and climate change on human pregnancies. The focus is on the quasi-experimental studies that use panel data, apply a fixed effect approach, and exploit the random year-to-year fluctuation in temperature. The insights...
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partner violence (IPV). Based on a global sample of individual survey data and historical geo-referenced records of natural …
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We analyzed the effects of 10,748 weather events on attention to climate change between December 2011 and November 2014 … events began, compared to directly before. Financial damage associated with the weather events had a positive and significant … effect on attention, although the effect was small. The abnormality of each weather event's occurrence compared to local …
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average treatment effects and strong spatial spillovers, particularly for weather shocks. Moreover, substantial heterogeneity …
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I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth …: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I … in both rich and poor countries; positively in cold countries and negatively in hot ones. Weather anomalies reduce …
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