Our research article on the economic impacts of climate change in the United States was listed by Altimetric as one of the Top 100 Articles of 2017 (#55).
This is the third time a GPL research paper has made it into the top 100!
Hsiang speaks at National Academy of Science /
Solomon Hsiang spoke about methods used value the climate at the Sackler Colloquia on Economics, Environment, and Sustainable Development, organized by Simon Levin, Stephen Carpenter, Gretchen Daily, Sir Partha Dasgupta, Paul Ehrlich, Geoffrey Heal, Catherine Kling, Jane Lubchenco, and Stephen Polasky.
Publication: Effect of Temperature on Math performance and learning /
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell and Sol Hsiang published a new article "Temperature and human capital in the short and long run". Analyzing over 24,000 student exams and following individual students over time, they demonstrate that cognitive performance in mathematics declines at high temperatures, but not in reading or verbal exams.
Read the article here.