Weather Shocks, Human Capital Loss, and Innovation Slowdown: Causal Evidence from India’s District-Level Data, 1980–2022

• In Event: Disaster Politics in the Global South

Brief Overview

This study links climate shocks to long-run innovation outcomes in India, showing how droughts and temperature anomalies increase dropouts and reduce patenting through human capital erosion.

Author

• Sonali Singh, University of Texas at Dallas