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Hot waters, cold realities: Assessing the labor market impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal India

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  • Nicola Francescutto

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I employ geo-coded household-level data over 2015-2016 combined with a gridded dataset to quantify the impact of marine heatwaves on labor market outcomes in coastal India. I construct an average measure of exposure to marine heatwaves for each household and find that one additional degree heating week increases the probability of being unemployed by 1.9-2.3 percentage points. The effect is larger for households experiencing higher levels of marine heat stress, with an increased probability to be unemployed of 5.5-6.5 percentage points. Other findings highlight a decreased probability to work in the fisheries sector, an increased labor market participation of women as well as a lower chance of having a full year employment after a marine heatwave. These findings highlight the potential socio-economic challenges that climate change may pose to coastal households in the coming decades.

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  • Nicola Francescutto, 2025. "Hot waters, cold realities: Assessing the labor market impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal India," IRENE Working Papers 25-04, IRENE Institute of Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:irn:wpaper:25-04
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    Keywords

    Climate change; marine heatwaves; India; Household survey;
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    JEL classification:

    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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