Solomon Hsiang

University of California, Berkeley

2607 Hearst Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94720-7320

United States

http://gspp.berkeley.edu/directories/faculty/solomon-hsiang

National Bureau of Economic Research

Faculty Research Fellow

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (26)

1.

Destruction, Disinvestment, and Death: Economic and Human Losses Following Environmental Disaster

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 19 Feb 2013
Jesse Anttila-Hughes and Solomon Hsiang
University of San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley
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environment, development, disasters, infant, health, human capital, adaptation

Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2018-51
Number of pages: 158 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2021
University of Chicago, Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Rhodium Group, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of Chicago, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Washington and Lee University - Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics
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Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

NBER Working Paper No. w27599
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
University of Chicago, Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Rhodium Group, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Washington and Lee University - Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics
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Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15139
Number of pages: 162 Posted: 18 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2021
University of Chicago, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Rhodium Group, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Washington and Lee University - Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics
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Estimating Global Impacts to Agriculture from Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation

Number of pages: 112 Posted: 06 Oct 2022
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Chicago, Rhodium Group, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Rhodium Group, University of California, Berkeley, Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rhodium Group, Rhodium Group, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of Chicago and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Visually-Weighted Regression

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 May 2013
Solomon Hsiang
University of California, Berkeley
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regression, data visualization, statistics

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Labor Disutility in a Warmer World: The Impact of Climate Change on the Global Workforce

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 28 Sep 2022
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Mathematica, Rhodium Group, King's College London, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Rhodium Group, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway, Rhodium Group, Rhodium Group, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Climate and Crop Yields in Australia, Brazil, China, Europe and the United States

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Jun 2017
University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Hawaii - Department of Economics and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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Climate, Agriculture, Econometrics

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A Tool for Distributed Meta-Analysis

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Jun 2014
James Rising and Solomon Hsiang
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and University of California, Berkeley
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meta-analysis, crowd-sourcing, empirical estimates

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Citation 50

Climate and Conflict

NBER Working Paper No. w20598
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang and Edward Miguel
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Climate and Conflict

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 577-617, 2015
Posted: 07 Aug 2015
Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang and Edward Miguel
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics

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Climate Econometrics

NBER Working Paper No. w22181
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Solomon Hsiang
University of California, Berkeley
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Climate Econometrics

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 43-75, 2016
Posted: 11 Oct 2016
Solomon Hsiang
University of California, Berkeley

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The Causal Effect of Environmental Catastrophe on Long-Run Economic Growth: Evidence from 6,700 Cyclones

NBER Working Paper No. w20352
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 04 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Solomon Hsiang and Amir Jina
University of California, Berkeley and Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago
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Does the Environment Still Matter? Daily Temperature and Income in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w20750
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2023
Tatyana Deryugina and Solomon Hsiang
University of Illinois and University of California, Berkeley
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An Economist's Guide to Climate Change Science

NBER Working Paper No. w25189
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2023
Solomon Hsiang and Robert E. Kopp
University of California, Berkeley and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway
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Spatial Correlation, Trade, and Inequality: Evidence from the Global Climate

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-13
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Jonathan I. Dingel, Kyle Meng and Solomon Hsiang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and University of California, Berkeley
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gains from trade, spatial correlation, inequality, climate change, El Ni~no, agricultural trade

Spatial Correlation, Trade, and Inequality: Evidence from the Global Climate

NBER Working Paper No. w25447
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 15 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Jonathan I. Dingel, Kyle Meng and Solomon Hsiang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and University of California, Berkeley
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Does Legalization Reduce Black Market Activity? Evidence from a Global Ivory Experiment and Elephant Poaching Data

NBER Working Paper No. w22314
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
Solomon Hsiang and Nitin Sekar
University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University
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The Marginal Product of Climate

NBER Working Paper No. w24072
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Tatyana Deryugina and Solomon Hsiang
University of Illinois and University of California, Berkeley
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The Distribution of Environmental Damages

NBER Working Paper No. w23882
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Solomon Hsiang, Paulina Oliva, Reed Walker and Reed Walker
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Public Mobility Data Enables Covid-19 Forecasting and Management at Local and Global Scales

NBER Working Paper No. w28120
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Accounting for Unobservable Heterogeneity in Cross Section Using Spatial First Differences

NBER Working Paper No. w25177
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
Hannah Druckenmiller and Solomon Hsiang
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Using Weather Data and Climate Model Output in Economic Analyses of Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w19087
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2023
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) and Columbia University
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Temperature and Human Capital in the Short- and Long-Run

NBER Working Paper No. w21157
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 May 2015 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Joshua Graff Zivin, Solomon Hsiang and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University
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Destructive Behavior, Judgment, and Economic Decision-Making Under Thermal Stress

NBER Working Paper No. w25785
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 02 May 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), University of California, Berkeley - Energy and Resources Group, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Osaka University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
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Global High-Resolution Estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index Using Satellite Imagery and Machine-Learning

NBER Working Paper No. w31044
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2023
University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, Resources for the Future, United Nations Development Programme and University of California, Berkeley
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Using Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning to Evaluate the Impact of Anti-Poverty Programs

NBER Working Paper No. w29105
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and UC Berkeley
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Economic and Non-Economic Factors in Violence: Evidence from Organized Crime, Suicides and Climate in Mexico

NBER Working Paper No. w24897
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, Queen Mary University of London, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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A Generalizable and Accessible Approach to Machine Learning with Global Satellite Imagery

NBER Working Paper No. w28045
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley - Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) and University of California, Berkeley
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Quantifying Climate Change Loss and Damage Consistent with a Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

NBER Working Paper No. w31658
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Sep 2023
Stanford University - Department of Earth System Science and the FSE, Stanford University, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley
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