Social Impacts of Climate Change in Peru : A District Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change on Human Development and Inequality

Social Impacts of Climate Change in Peru : A District Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change on Human Development and Inequality

This paper uses district level data to estimate the general relationship between climate, income and life expectancy in Peru. The analysis finds that both incomes and life expectancy show hump-shaped relationships, with optimal average annual tempe...

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Main Authors:	Andersen, Lykke E., Suxo, Addy, Verner, Dorte
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION AGGREGATE LEVEL ALTITUDE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATES CLIMATIC DATA CLIMATIC RESEARCH CO2 COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DAILY TEMPERATURE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EVAPORATION EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXTREME EVENTS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GLOBAL WARMING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNAL MIGRATION IPCC LAND USE LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL AUTHORITIES MALARIA MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL DATA METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL OCEAN CURRENTS OCEAN TEMPERATURES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION SIZE PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES PROGRESS RAIN RAINFALL DATA RAINFOREST REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS RESOURCE ECONOMICS SCENARIOS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA LEVEL SEA-LEVEL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SURFACE CLIMATE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES TEMPERATURE ANOMALY TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS TEMPERATURES URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER SUPPLIES WEATHER
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