Can Technology Mitigate the Impact of Heat on Labor Productivity? Experimental Evidence from India
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Keywords
Temperature; Labor Productivity; Mode of Survey; Productivity Augmenting Technology;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
- Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
- Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2022-04-04 (Development)
- NEP-EFF-2022-04-04 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-EXP-2022-04-04 (Experimental Economics)
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