6 Oct 2017 | Tamma Carleton, Michael Greenstone, Solomon Hsiang, Andrew Hultgren, Amir Jina, Robert Kopp, Ashwin Rode
6 Oct 2017 | Tamma Carleton, Michael Greenstone, Solomon Hsiang, Andrew Hultgren, Amir Jina, Robert Kopp, Ashwin Rode
Extreme weather poses numerous risks to India's economy and society, but there currently exist no comprehensive assessments of these risks. Our approach uses outcomes data (on mortality rates, work hours, agricultural yields, conflict incidence, and crime rates) from around the world to flexibly estimate how sensitive a location is to temperature based on its...
19 Oct 2016 | Michael Greenstone, Ashwin Rode, Amir Jina, Robert Kopp