COMPOUND TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION IMPACTS ON PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING: EVIDENCE FROM LABOR TRACKING SURVEY IN CHINA

Bo Yang, Xiao-Chen Yuan, Zhiming Yang, Chen Yi, Siyu Liu, Si-Yi Wei, Xin-Yang Jiang, Song Peng, Hua Liao () and Yi-Ming Wei
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Bo Yang: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Xiao-Chen Yuan: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Zhiming Yang: *School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
Chen Yi: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Siyu Liu: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Si-Yi Wei: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Xin-Yang Jiang: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Song Peng: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Yi-Ming Wei: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China†School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China‡NSFC Basic Science Center for Energy and Climate Change, Beijing 100081, P. R. China§Beijing Laboratory for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Beijing 100081, P. R. China¶Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality System and Engineering Management (MoE), Beijing 100081, P. R. China

Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2025, vol. 16, issue 03, 1-46

Abstract: Climate change poses dramatic labor health risks, but existing evidence mainly focuses on the assessments of single climatic factors. Through the physical functioning index, this study identified the effects of both temperature and precipitation on labor health and assesses the magnitude of potential working hour loss in the warming future. Our results indicate that both mean state and event level of compound climate lead to physical functioning loss. Light rain will alleviate the health damage during the occurrence of extreme heat, while precipitation of more than 10mm will exacerbate the impact on humans. Adaptation from time extension, insurance coverage, and income growth will effectively mitigate health loss. In the absence of increasing adaptive capacity, China is expected to suffer an effective working hour loss of 1.78–3.10h per capita per day by 2090. Economically developed and labor-intensive regions need to be highly concerned about economic shocks from compound climate.

Keywords: Compound climatic event; labor force; physical functioning; effective working hour; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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