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Storms, Early Education, and Human Capital

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  • Martino Pelli

    (Asian Development Bank)

  • Jeanne Tschopp

    (University of Bern)

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This paper explores how school-age exposure to storms impacts the education and primary activity status of young adults in India. Using a cross-sectional cohort study based on wind exposure histories, we find evidence of a significant deskilling of areas vulnerable to climate change-related risks. Specifically, our results show a 2.4 percentage point increase in the probability of accruing educational delays, a 2 percentage point decline in post-secondary education achievement, and a 1.6 percentage point reduction in obtaining regular salaried jobs. Additionally, our study provides evidence that degraded school infrastructure and declining household income contribute to these findings.

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  • Martino Pelli & Jeanne Tschopp, 2024. "Storms, Early Education, and Human Capital," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 743, Asian Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:adbewp:0743
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    1. Feng, Hao & Liang, Jie & Yan, Zhen, 2025. "Meteorological disasters and labor allocation in rural China: A gendered perspective," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    2. Dorothy Bantasan & Nicolas Charette & Martino Pelli & Jeanne Tschopp, 2025. "Beneath the Clouds: A Microdata Approach to Understanding Storm Impacts in India," CIRANO Working Papers 2025s-16, CIRANO.
    3. Yuma Noritomo, 2025. "Does the Timing of Productivity Shocks in Childhood Affect Educational Attainment?," Discussion Paper Series DP2025-19, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University, revised Jan 2026.

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    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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