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This paper estimates the impact of climate change on foodgrain yields in India, namely rice and millets. We estimate a …
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climate change is the "greenhouse effect". The extra greenhouse gases (GHG) – India ranking 4th in GHG emission – which we … problems are among the major developmental issues in India today. The Gangotri glacier is already retreating at a rate of 30 … metres a year. An increase in rainfall is simulated over the eastern region of India but the north-western deserts may see a …
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How do rising temperatures affect long-term labor reallocation in developing economies? In this paper, we examine how increases in temperature impact structural transformation and urbanization within Indian districts between 1951 and 2011. We find that rising temperatures are associated with...
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We study the effects of extreme temperature shocks on political participation using data from Indian elections between 2009 and 2017. Taking advantage of localized, high-frequency data on land surface temperatures, we find that areas with greater cumulative exposure to extreme temperatures...
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We exploit 0.5ê×0.5ê raster data for mainland Southeast Asia from 2010 to 2020 to document a non-linear relationship between extreme temperature days and conflict. We show that the occurrence of conflict events increases with extreme maximum temperature days, whereas days with extreme minimum...
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Can democratic politics provide a means for responding to climate change? We explore this question by studying the effects of extreme temperatures on Indian elections between 2009 and 2017. We find that areas exposed to extreme temperatures experience an increase in voter turnout and a change in...
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India. Among India's population of more than one billion people, about 68% are directly or indirectly involved in the …
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through their impact on worker productivity. We utilize a multi-year panel of manufacturing plants in India, as well as daily …
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Weather experts around the world are foreseeing a strong El Niño in 2014. In India, these developments are feared to … the 1980s, all the six droughts faced by India were in El Niño years but not all El Niño years led to drought situations … timing of El Niño developments in a year and its relation with monsoon rains. We construct an India specific El Niño (ISEL …
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emission at the country level (larger scale) for India, but not many studies are available at the local scale (e.g. district … level) on these greenhouse gases (GHGs). Assam is an important state in the North Eastern region of India. In addition to …, a district wise inventory of CH4 and N2O emission in the North Eastern state of Assam, India was carried out using …
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