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Winter weather and work hours: Heterogeneous effects and regional adaptation

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  • Barry T. Hirsch

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We examine how work hours reported in the Current Population Survey vary with snowfall in 265 metropolitan areas during 2004–2014. The effects of snowfall on work vary across types of workers, occupation, industry, and region. Regions adapt to inclement weather. Losses in work hours from snow events are particularly large in Southern states and among construction workers. An average daily inch of snowfall during a week reduces work by an hour. Few of the hours lost are “made‐up” in subsequent weeks. A “back‐of‐an‐envelope” calculation suggests that in average years, snow reduces annual hours worked by 0.15%.

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  • Bo Liu & Barry T. Hirsch, 2021. "Winter weather and work hours: Heterogeneous effects and regional adaptation," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 39(4), pages 867-881, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:39:y:2021:i:4:p:867-881
    DOI: 10.1111/coep.12516
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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