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Russ, Jason.

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Essays on the Impact of Weather on Economic Activity.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Essays on the Impact of Weather on Economic Activity./
作者:	Russ, Jason.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
面頁冊數:	183 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-08A(E).
標題:	Economics. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10784490
ISBN:	9780355830354

Essays on the Impact of Weather on Economic Activity.
Russ, Jason.

Essays on the Impact of Weather on Economic Activity. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 183 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The George Washington University, 2018.

This dissertation contains three essays which explore pathways through which weather can impact economic activity and social outcomes.

ISBN: 9780355830354Subjects--Topical Terms:

517137
Economics.

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520 $a The second essay tests if temperature anomalies around the time of birth can have long-term impacts on individuals' economic productivity. Using unique data sets on historical weather and earnings, place and date of birth of all 1.5 million formal employees in Ecuador, it is found that individuals who have experienced in-utero temperatures that are 1 °C above average are less educated and earn 0.9--1.8 percent less as adults. Results are robust to alternative specifications and falsification tests and suggest that warming may have already caused adverse long-term economic impacts.
520 $a The third essay explores how rainfall variability impacts agricultural production along two margins: the intensity of output (yields) and the extensiveness of production, and how water infrastructure influences this relationship. Using global, gridded datasets, it is found that, on average, contemporaneous wet shocks tend to increase agricultural productivity. Contemporaneous dry shocks decrease crop productivity, while repeated dry shocks also tend to increase the rate of cropland expansion, perhaps as an adaptation technique to compensate for lower yields. It is shown that the theoretical underpinnings for these results can be found in the "safety-first" model, where the priority of the economic agent is to generate a threshold level of income or output. Further, using an instrumental variables based identification strategy for irrigation infrastructure, it is found that the buffering impact of upstream irrigation infrastructure varies by geography, climate, and income levels. Upstream irrigation infrastructure, in general, decreases the extent of cropland expansion to persistent dry shocks across different income levels, yet in developing countries, they appear to accentuate the adverse effects of dry shocks on agricultural productivity. One reason for this relationship which we find evidence for is mal-adaptation, where the presence of irrigation infrastructure incentivizes farmers to plant water-intensive crops.
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