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Ambient temperature during gestation and cold-related adult mortality in a Swedish cohort, 1915 to 2002
Bruckner, Tim A.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Smith, Kirk R.; … - 2014
For all climatic regions, mortality due to cold exceeds mortality due to heat. We examine whether cold-related mortality in adulthood varies positively with unusually benign ambient temperature during gestation, using data on over 13,500 Swedes from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study born in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250026
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Managing the impact of climate on migration : evidence from Mexico
Chort, Isabelle; De La Rupelle, Maëlys; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2019
migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993400
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Weather conditions and physical activity : insights for climate emergency policies
Belloc, Ignacio; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2024
the context of the climate emergency. Using ATUS data from 2003-2022, alongside detailed daily-county weather data, the … physical activity across varying weather conditions amid the ongoing climate emergency. …This study explores the link between daily weather conditions and individual engagement in physical activities within …
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Feeling the heat : extreme temperatures and price stability
Faccia, Donata; Parker, Miles; Stracca, Livio - 2021
We contribute to the debate surrounding central banks and climate change by investigating how extreme temperatures …. Climate change matters for price stability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705523
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The economic impact of weather and climate
Tol, Richard S. J. - 2021
I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth …: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I … variability. The climate effect is larger that the weather effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486667
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High temperatures and workplace injuries
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2024
High temperatures can have a negative effect on workplace safety for a variety of reasons. Discomfort and reduced concentration caused by heat can lead to workers making mistakes and injuring themselves. Discomfort can also be an incentive for workers to report an injury that they would not have...
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Estimating Macro-Fiscal Effects of Climate Shocks from Billions of Geospatial Weather Observations
Akyapi, Berkay; Bellon, Matthieu; Massetti, Emanuele - 2022
A growing literature estimates the macroeconomic effect of weather using variations in annual country-level averages of … frequency or higher spatial resolution. To address this issue, we rely on global daily weather measurements with a 30-km spatial … resolution from 1979 to 2019 and construct 164 weather variables and their lags. We select a parsimonious subset of relevant …
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Weather and Welfare : Health and Agricultural Impacts of Climate Extremes, Evidence from Mexico
Compean, Roberto - 2015
between exposure to extreme temperatures and precipitation and death, as well as the relationship between severe weather and … increases of up to 0. 2 percentage points vis-à-vis a 0. 07-point increase in urban areas. The timing of climate extremes is … relevant: if a weather shock takes place during the agricultural growing season, the effects on mortality and agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035523
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Weather, Climate, and Migration in the United States
Mullins, Jamie T.; Bharadwaj, Prashant - 2021
Do people move as a result of temperature shocks? Documenting weather as a push factor for migration is crucial for … informing policy related to climate change and adaptation. This paper studies the impacts of high temperature days on out … climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239049
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The Economic Impact of Weather and Climate
Tol, Richard S. J. - 2021
I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth …: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I … variability. The climate effect is larger that the weather effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239329