Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall
利用印度尼西亚家庭生活调查数据，发现女性在出生年份降雨量高于当地常态20%时，成年后身高增加0.57厘米、多完成0.22年教育、家庭资产指数提高0.12个标准差，而男性无显著影响，教育程度是中介变量。
We examine the effect of early-life rainfall on the health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes of Indonesian adults. We link historical rainfall for each individual's birth year and birth location with adult outcomes from the 2000 Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS). Higher early-life rainfall has large positive effects on the adult outcomes of women, but not of men. Women with 20 percent higher rainfall (relative to the local norm) are 0.57 centimeters taller, complete 0.22 more schooling grades, and live in households scoring 0.12 standard deviations higher on an asset index. Schooling attainment appears to mediate the impact on adult women's socioeconomic status.