effect of extreme weather events on agriculture, much less is known about the effect on businesses. Using geocoded firm …

payments from weather index insurance allow farmers to cultivate a larger land area in the season following a weather shock …Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in … developing countries. Weather index insurance has emerged as a possible tool for overcoming these challenges. This paper provides …

Economic shocks at birth have lasting effects on children's health several years after the shock. The authors calculate … the shock in regions experiencing civil conflict are both negatively affected with height for age z-scores 0.30 and 0 …

As extreme weather events intensify due to climate change, it becomes ever more critical to understand how vulnerable …

from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines to quantify the extent to which unusual weather has any negative effects on …

and temperature shocks in Colombia, one of the countries in the world with the highest incidence of extreme weather events …. The timing of exposure to the shock matters and it matters differently for different outcomes. These findings are critical … to prioritize responses to counteract the negative effects of weather, particularly hot shocks, which are projected to …

irrigation infrastructure significantly moderating this effect. Second, these weather-induced agricultural productivity changes … which weather shocks affect non-farm enterprise performance. These findings highlight the strong interconnections between … rural economic resilience in the context of increasing weather variability …

between the ages of 6 and 9 in rural Indonesia. In terms of cognitive skills, the analysis finds evidence of gender gaps …

The seven largest emerging market economies -- China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey …

merges extensive firm-level financial data with detailed grid-level weather data. The analysis reveals a strong negative …