Sandholtz, WayneOsendorf, Ashlyn Nicole2024-09-092024-09-092023-05-222022-12-16http://hdl.handle.net/10362/171402Despite the fact that human capital accumulation is a key facilitator of economic growth and climate change is projected to increase temperatures, there has been little research into the contemporaneous effect of heat on educational achievement. Thus, I investigate how high temperatures affect high-stakes exam performance in a developing context, employing climate reanalysis data and test scores from Tanzania’s National Primary School Leaving Exam. Through the use of fixed effects models and the exploitation of quasi-random variations in outdoor temperatures during exams, I find that higher temperatures exert a negative impact on student performance.engEducationDevelopmentAfricaClimate changeHuman capitalmaster thesis203363760