第161期嶽麓經貿學術論壇

    題目：Too hot to focus: the mean and distributional effects of high temperature on labor productivity

    主講：邱筠，女，美國俄亥俄州立大學應用經濟學博士。現任暨南大學經濟與社會研究院助理教授，主要研究領域為環境經濟學，論文發表于Journal of Environmental Economics and Management等環境經濟領域頂級期刊，擔任Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, China Economic Review等國際期刊匿名審稿人。

時間：2019年5月14日下午2:30 – 3:30

地點：77779193永利财院校區經貿大樓401室

摘要：We examine the effect of short-run temperature on labor productivity using a longitudinal dataset of Chinese professional archery athletes that covers all the competition records from 2010 to 2016. Exploiting random fluctuations of weather across competitions, we identify the effect of heat index in athlete-fixed effects models, finding an inverted U-shaped relationship between heat index and athlete productivity. Temperatures outside the comfortable range can significantly decrease archers' scores. Extreme heat also significantly increases the spread of athlete scores. The productivity loss from extreme heat is greater for athletes with lower abilities, lower stability levels, or less experience. Experience of moderately high temperature prior to competition mitigates part of the heat impact on competition day, and athletes trained in hotter areas or the competition province suffer significantly less impact from extreme heat. Additionally, high temperatures significantly increase the dropout probability of athletes despite the low percentage of dropouts in our data. Our findings have important implications for professional athletes who engage in outdoor sports, for jobs that highly rely on concentration and stability, and for developing countries with many outdoor workers.

主持人：華嶽 （3044永利集团 經濟學系 副教授；俄亥俄州立大學農業、環境與發展經濟學系（AEDE）經濟學博士）