We value climate amenities by estimating a discrete location choice model for US households. The utility of each … climate amenities to value changes in mean winter and summer temperatures. We find that households sort among MSAs as a result … to value changes in winter and summer temperatures for the period 2020 to 2050 under the B1 (climate-friendly) and A2 …

We provide the first estimates of the potential impact of climate change on human capital, focusing on the impacts from … both short-run weather and long-run climate. Exploiting the longitudinal structure of the NLSY79 and random fluctuations in … weather across interviews, we identify the effect of temperature in models with child-specific fixed effects. We find that …

We review recent literature on the effect of temperature stress on economic activity, operating through basic human … physiology. There is growing evidence from both micro and macro studies of causal impacts of extreme temperature on health, labor … temperature zone for economic activity, though empirical research on potential adaptive responses remains thin. This emerging …

exogenous productivity shocks arising from variation in temperature are propagated into the future. We find that past weather …

Until recently, neither climate nor conflict have been core areas of inquiry within economics, but there has been an … intersection. In this review, we survey this literature on the interlinkages between climate and conflict, by necessity drawing … relationships in this area, and largely focus on "natural experiments" that exploit variation in climate variables over time …

Does temperature affect economic performance? Has temperature always affected social welfare through its impact on … physical and cognitive function? While many economic studies have explored the indirect links between climate and welfare (e … medical literature documenting the temperature sensitivity of human task performance. This paper attempts a synthesis of these …

A rapidly growing body of research applies panel methods to examine how temperature, precipitation, and windstorms … economic effects of future climate change …

2000 Census data. We find that Americans favor an average daily temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit, will pay more on the … uncomfortable. These preferences vary by location due to sorting or adaptation. Changes in climate amenities under business …