Extreme Climate and Absence from Work:Evidence from Jamaica

• 作者: Nekeisha Spencer Mikhail-Ann Urquhart
• 来源期刊: 国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 232-239
• 页数: 8页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

This study investigated the impact of extreme climate events on work absence in Jamaica. To this end, we constructed a quarterly individual level dataset on labor market and climatic data for 2004–2014. We find that while excess rainfall increases the odds of being tem-porarily absent from work, heat is unlikely to have an effect. The estimated outcome of excess rainfall is rea-sonable given the possibility of flooded roads, which can impede travel to work. This draws attention to the devel-opment of e-commuting policies to mitigate any negative effects on productivity.