🎇 NEW Working Paper 🎇 When does adversity make you stronger? Leonard Wantchekon and I find that adverse weather boosts noncognitive skills, such as GSE and self-esteem, in Ethiopian adolescents. Our results support a model of child agency and learning-by-doing. A thread 🧵:

When does adversity make you stronger? Adverse weather boosts noncognitive skills like generalized self-efficacy and self-esteem in Ethiopian adolescents, with child agency being key, from Leonard Wantchekon and Sally Zhang https://www.nber.org/papers/w33305