The impact of climate on Indian households' living costs
• We calculate climate equivalence scales for Indian households. • Climate makes an appreciable difference to households' living costs. • Indian households prefer a climate not characterised by extremes. • High humidity is particularly costly to Indian households.
Authors
- Robert Elliott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3966-2082)
- David Maddison
- Eric Strobl
- Yuhang Qu
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecological Economics
- Published
- 2026-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2026.109044
- Primary Topic
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Birmingham