Rainfall is related to economic growth and generally has beneficial impacts on dry and poor areas that are mostly dependent on rainfed agriculture. Thailand is a service-based, upper middle-income country with a tropical climate although rainfall varies regionally. The volume of precipitation in...

Using data for 320 radio stations operating in the 50 largest Arbitron Metro Radio Markets during 2004 that offered at least some programming in one or more of 19 different foreign languages, we find strongly positive statistical relationships between the size of foreign language populations in...