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Extreme Temperatures and Time Use in China

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  • Teevrat Garg

    (School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego)

  • Matthew Gibson

    (Williams College)

  • Fanglin Sun

    (Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego)

Abstract

How do people in developing countries respond to extreme temperatures? Using individual-level panel data over two decades and relying on plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we estimate how extreme temperatures affect time use in China. Extreme temperatures reduce time spent working, and this effect is largest for female farmers. Hot days reduce time spent by women on outdoor chores, but we find no such effects for men. Finally, hot days dramatically reduce time spent on childcare, reflecting large effects on home production. Taken together, our results suggest time use is an important margin of response to extreme temperatures.

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  • Teevrat Garg & Matthew Gibson & Fanglin Sun, 2019. "Extreme Temperatures and Time Use in China," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-16, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    • Handle: RePEc:wil:wileco:2019-16
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    Time use; extreme weather; gender;
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