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The Impact of Rainfall on Rice Output in Indonesia

Levine, David I. - 2014

We estimate the impact of weather variation on agricultural output in Indonesia by examining the impact of local … as a positive contemporaneous shock to local economic conditions in Indonesia …

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Under the Weather : Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall

Maccini, Sharon - 2010

effect of weather conditions around the time of birth on the health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes of Indonesian … current adult outcomes from the 2000 wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey. Higher early-life rainfall has large positive …

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Understanding Transitory Rainfall Shocks, Economic Growth and Civil Conflict

Miguel, Edward - 2010

Miguel, Satyanath and Sergenti (2004) use rainfall variation as an instrument to show that economic growth is negatively related to civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. In the reduced form regression they find that higher rainfall is associated with less conflict. Ciccone (2010) claims that...

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Maybe Next Month? Temperature Shocks, Climate Change, and Dynamic Adjustments in Birth Rates

Barreca, Alan I. - 2015

Dynamic adjustments could be a useful strategy for mitigating the costs of acute environmental shocks when timing is not a strictly binding constraint. To investigate whether such adjustments could apply to fertility, we estimate the effects of temperature shocks on birth rates in the United...

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Cognition and Ses Relationships Among the Mid-Aged and Elderly : A Comparison of China and Indonesia

Strauss, John - 2018

cognition for respondents in two developing countries: China and Indonesia, both with very low educated elderly populations … SES and variables measuring community development are added.We find large variation in our cognition measures in both … than Indonesia, which is associated with the hukou residential permit system in China. We find a significant, negative …

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Height and Cognition at Work : Labor Market Productivity in a Low Income Setting

LaFave, Daniel - 2016

. Drawing on twelve waves of longitudinal survey data collected in rural Central Java, Indonesia, we establish that height …

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Cognitive Mobility : Labor Market Responses to Supply Shocks in the Space of Ideas

Borjas, George J. - 2013

Knowledge producers conducting research on a particular set of questions may respond to supply and demand shocks by shifting resources to a different set of questions. Cognitive mobility measures the transition from one location to another in idea space. We examine the cognitive mobility flows...

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Human Capital and Shocks : Evidence on Education, Health and Nutrition

Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Thomas, Duncan - 2021

evidence drawn from primary longitudinal survey data collected before and after two major shocks in Indonesia: the 1998 … impacts of major shocks on child health and human capital in Indonesia is nothing short of stunning …

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External Validity in a Stochastic World

Rosenzweig, Mark R. - 2016

We examine the generalizability of internally valid estimates of causal effects in a fixed population over time when that population is subject to aggregate shocks. This temporal external validity is shown to depend upon the distribution of the aggregate shocks and the interaction between these...

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The Impact of Climate Change Skepticism on Adaptation in a Market Economy

Kahn, Matthew E. - 2017

Climate change will increase the risk of temperature extremes. Induced innovation could offset some of this threat. This paper explores the demand and supply for climate adaptation innovation in a market economy. Climate change induces this innovation because the rising temperatures increase...

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