Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/269890 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper Series No. 20
Publisher: 
Bocconi University, Centre for Research on Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks (GREEN), Milan
Abstract: 
How global warming affects human development is a central question for economists as well as social scientists. While most of the literature has focused on the impact of rainfall and temperatures on individual well-being, precipitations alone do not capture the actual soil water availability, which also depends on the potential evaporation of the water. This paper considers shocks in precipitation, temperature, and an original measure of soil aridity to exploit the association between climate warming and Human Development. While precipitations do not have a significant long-term impact on human development growth, both temperature and potential evapo-transpiration shocks affect two of the three determinants of the Human Development Index, namely life expectancy at birth and education.
Subjects: 
Human Development
Weather Shocks
Soil Aridification
Africa
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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