The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Published By: BREAD on eSS | Published Date: November, 10 , 2014This paper shows that high temperatures may reduce manufactur-
ing output by lowering worker productivity via heat stress. Using an
annual panel of manufacturing plants in India, and daily primary micro-
data from case-study rms, we nd that (i) output in labor-intensive
settings decreases at high temperatures by about 3 percent per degree
Celsius (ii) workplace climate control may enable adaptation and (iii)
sustained heat may reduce worker attendance.
Author(s): E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarsan, Meenu Tewari | Posted on: Dec 01, 2014 | Views(785) | Download (538)