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The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Schmitt, Maike; Karlsson, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734415
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Rural Households in a Changing Climate
Baez, Javier E.; Kronick, Dorothy; Mason, Andrew D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734762
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Climate Vulnerability, Communities' Resilience and Child Labour
Boutin, Delphine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This article clarifies and quantifies the causal impact of climate change vulnerability on child labour incidence and intensity. For this purpose, we create an index of vulnerability to climate change, composed of biophysical vulnerability and communities' resilience. Both, participation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074818
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Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration: An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries
Drabo, Alassane; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The aim of this paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by examining migration rates and levels of education in developing countries. Many studies such as the Stern review (2007) or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283576
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Climate Amenities, Climate Change, and American Quality of Life
Albouy, David; Graf, Walter; Kellogg, Ryan; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We present a hedonic framework to estimate U.S. households' preferences over local climates, using detailed weather and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638879
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Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach
Gollin, Douglas; Zimmermann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466026
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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies
Ko, Chia Chiun; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884135
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Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources: Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics
López, Ramón; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India and other countries into the world economy has led to increased pressure on common-property renewable natural resources (NR). The problem is particularly worrisome for economies that obtain a large share of their income from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506066
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Why is Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Trade, Regulation, Productivity, and Preferences
Shapiro, Joseph S.; Walker, Reed - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Between 1990 and 2008, emissions of the most common air pollutants from U.S. manufacturing fell by 60 percent, even as real U.S. manufacturing output grew substantially. This paper develops a quantitative model to explain how changes in trade, environmental regulation, productivity, and consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143945
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An Empirical Study of the Relationships between CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth and Openness
Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almas; Cho, Yongsung - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper investigates the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging market), Korea (a newly industrialized country), and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693845