Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223689 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13247
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Why do damages from changes in environmental quality differ across and within countries? Causal investigation of this question has been challenging because differences may stem from heterogeneity in cumulative exposure or differences in socioeconomic factors such as income. We revisit the temperature-violence relationship and show that cash transfers attenuate one-half to two-thirds of the effects of higher same-day temperatures on homicides. Our results not only demonstrate causally that income can explain much of the heterogeneity in the marginal effects of higher temperatures, but also imply that social protection programs can help the poor adapt to rising temperatures.
Subjects: 
cash transfers
temperature
violence
JEL: 
Q50
Q52
Q54
Q58
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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