Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274633 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 505 [Year:] 2023
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Climate change is rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions through droughts and floods, hurricanes, wildfires, rising temperatures, and more frequent and longer heatwaves. A growing literature has shown how higher temperatures reduce worker productivity and economic output. These effects are more pronounced in poorer countries and in climate-exposed economic sectors like agriculture, construction, and manufacturing. The development of new technologies that mitigate exposure to heat among workers, combined with better temperature control in the workplace, will be essential to reduce the economic burden of climate change.
Subjects: 
extreme temperature
climate change
productivity
gross domestic product
JEL: 
F64
O44
P18
Q5
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Document Type: 
Article

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