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Discussion Paper - Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center

Will We Adapt? Temperature Shocks, Labor Productivity, and Adaptation to Climate Change in the United States (1986–2012)

| January 2016

Jisung Park studies the impact of extreme heat on labor productivity. He argues that regions accustomed to higher temperatures may handle extreme heat differently than regions less accustomed.

Discussion Paper - Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center

Feeling the Heat: Temperature, Physiology & the Wealth of Nations

| January 2014

Does temperature affect economic performance—and has it always affected social welfare through its impact on physical and cognitive function? This paper presents a model of labor supply under thermal stress, building on a longstanding physiological literature linking thermal stress to health and task performance.