Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children

First version: January 2023. This Version: October 2024. Affiliations: Evans—Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Gazze—Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK; Schaller— Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College, USA.We thank anonymous reviewers, Ben Hansen, Jamie Mullins, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Jisung R. Park, Jennifer Sorenson Leitner, and Casey Wichman for helpful suggestions; as well as participants at seminars at the University of California Los Angeles, University of Warwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Oregon, University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Loghborough University, Texas A&M University, University of Chicago, Georgia State University, ITAM, University of Exeter, University of Nottingham, and the AERE 2024 Summer Conference. All errors and omissions remain our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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