We study the effect of early life exposure to above average levels of rainfall on adult mental health. While we find no … effect from pre-natal exposure, post-natal positive rainfall shocks decrease average Center for Epidemiological Studies …

, particularly in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Whilst the long-term effects of being exposed to rainfall shocks early in … mechanisms through which these shocks operate. This paper analyses the effects of early exposure to rainfall shocks on four …-level rainfall estimates. The key identification strategy relies on temporary climatic shocks being uncorrelated with other latent …

Health Surveys with data on rainfall variability and find a substantial gender difference favouring boys following droughts …

Climate change is predicted to affect global rainfall patterns, but there is mixed evidence with regard to the effect … of rainfall on civil conflict. Even among researchers who argue that rainfall reduces civil conflict, there is … variation in the relationship between rainfall and agricultural production to explore the connection between rainfall and civil …

Rainfall is a truly exogeneous variable and hence popular as an instrument for many outcomes. But by its very nature …, rainfall in nearby areas tends to be correlated. I show theoretically that if there are also spatial trends in outcomes of …

investigate this question by constructing a new measure of inequality using rainfall on ethnic homelands during the plant … analysis at the country level shows that one standard-deviation increase in rainfall-based inequality between ethnic groups …

approach to understand the food poverty dynamics in the Philippines, this paper finds that deviation of rainfall from its …

) investments in agriculture (private and public); (2) agricultural price incentives; and (3) rainfall. A log-linear model fitted … to kharif crops due to excess rainfall (with extended monsoons and cyclones) would be offset by a bumper rabi crop, given …

Burkina Faso) originating from nearby villages were offered, at the prevailing market price, a rainfall index insurance …. We argue that rainfall index insurance can complement informal risk-sharing networks by mitigating problems of …