近日，永利華嶽副教授、博士生譚小清和暨南大學邱筠副教授合作的學術論文“The effects of temperature on mental health: evidence from China”于Journal of Population Economics在線刊出。該論文采用微觀個體數據研究了氣候變化對心理健康的影響、機制及适應性行為。Journal of Population Economics是勞動經濟學及人口經濟學領域國際頂級期刊，永利院定A2類期刊。

論文摘要：We examine the effects of ambient temperatures on mental health using a nationally representative longitudinal survey of Chinese individuals. We find that temperatures over 30◦C significantly increase the likelihood of depression. High temperatures have larger detrimental effects on the mental health of the middle-aged and elderly, females, the less-educated, and agricultural workers. We discuss two likely mechanisms for the mental health impact of high temperatures: raising the incidence of physical illness and reducing sleeping time. We find suggestive evidence of air conditioners moderating the adverse impacts of high temperatures and of adaptation tohigh temperatures in the long term. We reveal that without any government interventions or private adaptation, mental health will deteriorate by 3.1% in the medium term and 5.3% in the long term based on the Hadley GEM2-ES climate-change projection.

論文鍊接：https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-022-00932-y