Temperature And Human Capital In The Short- And Long-Run, Joshua Graff Zivin, Solomon Hsiang, Matthew Neidell
Dec 2017
Temperature And Human Capital In The Short- And Long-Run, Joshua Graff Zivin, Solomon Hsiang, Matthew Neidell
Joshua Graff Zivin
We provide the first estimates of the potential impact of climate change on cognitive performance and attainment, focusing on the impacts from both short-run weather and long-run climate. Exploiting the longitudinal structure of the NLSY79 and random fluctuations in weather across interviews, we identify the effect of temperature in models with child-specific fixed effects. We find that short-run changes in temperature lead to statistically significant decreases in cognitive performance on math (but not reading) beyond 26C (78.8F). In contrast, our long-run analysis, which relies upon long-difference and rich cross-sectional models, reveals an imprecisely estimated effect that is significantly smaller than …
Translating The Terrestrial Mitigation Hierarchy To Marine Megafauna By-Catch, Ej Milner-Gulland, Serge Garcia, William Arlidge, Joseph Bull, Anthony Charles, Laurent Dagorn, Sonya Fordham, Joshua Graff Zivin, Martin Hall, Jeffrey Shrader, Niels Vestergaard, Chris Wilcox, Dale Squires
Dec 2017
Translating The Terrestrial Mitigation Hierarchy To Marine Megafauna By-Catch, Ej Milner-Gulland, Serge Garcia, William Arlidge, Joseph Bull, Anthony Charles, Laurent Dagorn, Sonya Fordham, Joshua Graff Zivin, Martin Hall, Jeffrey Shrader, Niels Vestergaard, Chris Wilcox, Dale Squires
Joshua Graff Zivin
In terrestrial and coastal systems, the mitigation hierarchy is widely and increasingly used to guide actions to ensure that no net loss of biodiversity ensues from development. We develop a conceptual model which applies this approach to the mitigation of marine megafauna by-catch in fisheries, going from defining an overarching goal with an associated quantitative target, through avoidance, minimization, remediation to offsetting. We demonstrate the framework’s utility as a tool for structuring thinking and exposing uncertainties. We draw comparisons between debates ongoing in terrestrial situations and in by- catch mitigation, to show how insights from each could inform the other; …
Heat, Disparities, And Health Outcomes In San Diego County’S Diverse Climate Zones, Kirsten Guirguis, Rupa Basu, Wael K. Al-Delaimy, Tarik Benmarhnia, Rachel Es Clemesha, Isabel Corcos, Janin Guzman-Morales, Brittany Hailey, Ivory Small, Alexander Tardy, Devesh Vashishtha, Joshua Graff Zivin, Alexander Gershunov
Dec 2017
Heat, Disparities, And Health Outcomes In San Diego County’S Diverse Climate Zones, Kirsten Guirguis, Rupa Basu, Wael K. Al-Delaimy, Tarik Benmarhnia, Rachel Es Clemesha, Isabel Corcos, Janin Guzman-Morales, Brittany Hailey, Ivory Small, Alexander Tardy, Devesh Vashishtha, Joshua Graff Zivin, Alexander Gershunov
Joshua Graff Zivin
Climate variability and change are issues of growing public health importance. Numerous studies have documented risks of extreme heat on human health in different locations around the world. Strategies to prevent heat-related morbidity and reduce disparities are possible but require improved knowledge of health outcomes during hot days at a small-scale level as important within-city variability in local weather conditions, socio-demographic composition, and access to air conditioning (AC) may exist. We analyzed hospitalization data for three unique climate regions of San Diego County alongside temperature data spanning 14 years to quantify the health impact of ambient air temperature at varying …
