Heat, work, and the role of green space

Hiram Carreño Nájera, Nancy Lozano Gracia, Juan Pablo Rud and Pieter Serneels

No wp-2026-51, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of extreme temperatures on labour supply and the extent to which green space moderates these effects, using high-frequency daily temperature data for metropolitan Mexico from 2005 to 2015. We find robust non-linear effects: labour supply increases as temperatures rise up to a threshold, beyond which working time declines. These responses are weaker in localities with greater green space coverage. The results are not driven by income, job, or sectoral characteristics, nor by sorting of different types of workers or occupations into greener areas.

Keywords: Labour supply; Climate change; Mexico; Urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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