TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dang, Hai-Anh H
AU  - Hallegatte, Stephane
AU  - Trinh, Trong-Anh
        TI  - Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality? An Updated Review
        PY  - 2023/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16570
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16570
        AB  - We offer an updated and comprehensive review of recent studies on the impact of climate change, particularly global warming, on poverty and inequality, paying special attention to data sources as well as empirical methods. While studies consistently find negative impacts of higher temperature on poverty across different geographical regions, with higher vulnerability especially in poorer Sub-Saharan Africa, there is inclusive evidence on climate change impacts on inequality. Further analyzing a recently constructed global database at the subnational unit level derived from official national household income and consumption surveys, we find that temperature change has larger impacts in the short term and more impacts on chronic poverty than transient poverty. The results are robust to different model specifications and measures of chronic poverty and are more pronounced for poorer countries. Our findings offer relevant inputs into current efforts to fight climate change.
        KW  - climate change
KW  - temperature
KW  - poverty
KW  - inequality
KW  - subnational data
        ER  -