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When policy meets weather:Extreme temperatures and workplace safety

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  • Cristina Bellés-Obrero

    (Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC), BSE, IEB & IZA)

  • Giulia Montresor

    (University of Verona)

  • Catia Nicodemo

    (Brunel University of London & University of Oxford)

Abstract

This paper estimates the causal effects of extreme temperatures and a related adaptation policy on workplace accidents in Spain, combining administrative records on occupational accidents with high-resolution weather data. Both cold and heat raise the incidence of work accidents, though with different magnitudes:ice days (maximum temperatures

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  • Cristina Bellés-Obrero & Giulia Montresor & Catia Nicodemo, 2025. "When policy meets weather:Extreme temperatures and workplace safety," Working Papers 2025/12, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    • Handle: RePEc:ieb:wpaper:doc2025-12
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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