Does global warming affect unemployment? International evidence

Tie-Ying Liu and Ye Lin

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2023, vol. 80, issue C, 991-1005

Abstract: A global perspective is taken to explore the effect of global warming on the unemployment rate in 95 countries from 1992–2020. The robust results show that global warming raises the unemployment rate through the inflation rate, agricultural production and urbanization. The results also show that the unemployment rate increases with global warming in countries at latitudes between 20 and 40 degrees, while a negative effect exists at latitudes greater than 40 degrees. Additionally, global warming has a significant effect on male unemployment but not on female unemployment. Furthermore, global warming has a significant positive effect on unemployment in middle-income countries compared to its effect in low- and high-income countries. Our research has value as a reference for the economic impacts of global climate change.

Keywords: Global warming; Unemployment; Two-stage least squares (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 E24 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2023.09.028

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