Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
Recent economic research documents a range of adverse welfare consequences from extreme heat stress, including health, labor productivity, and direct consumption disutility impacts. Without rapid adaptation, climate change will increase the burden...
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SUMMER TEMPERATURES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL TEMPERATURE COLDER CLIMATES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION TEMPERATURE AIR QUALITY EXTREME TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE RANGE EXTREME HEAT CARBON CONVERGENCE STORMS CLIMATES EMISSIONS GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE CARBON ESTIMATES GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEASONAL TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE TEMPERATE CLIMATES CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASE HIGH TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE STRESS CLIMATE DAMAGES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATE‐ CHANGE STRATEGIES EXTREME HEAT EVENTS CLIMATE‐CHANGE CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CAPACITY TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURE IMPACTS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE‐POLICY AIR CONDITIONING CLIMATE‐ CHANGE TEMPERATURE DATA RAINFALL WARMER TEMPERATURES SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIATION TEMPERATURE RISES IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE COLD CLIMATE CLIMATE MODELS PRECIPITATION EXTREME TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE STRESS ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURES DEGREE DAYS IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AIR CONDITIONING LEAD CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION GLOBAL CLIMATE HIGH TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE DATA HIGH TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE LEVEL WARMER CLIMATE CLIMATE EXTREME HEAT SOCIAL COST OF CARBON CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC RESEARCH SEA‐LEVEL RISE CLIMATE DAMAGE SURFACE TEMPERATURE INCREASE DAILY TEMPERATURE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE MITIGATION GLOBAL TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC FACTORS AMBIENT TEMPERATURES SUMMER TEMPERATURE CLIMATE” VARIABLE CLIMATE MITIGATION COST OF CARBON AIR QUALITY CLIMATE DAMAGE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE COLD CLIMATES CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL CLIMATE CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE CONDITIONS MEAN TEMPERATURE CRU CLIMATE POLICY COLDER CLIMATE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE CLOUD COVER ENERGY EXTREME HEAT EVENTS |
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SUMMER TEMPERATURES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL TEMPERATURE COLDER CLIMATES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION TEMPERATURE AIR QUALITY EXTREME TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE RANGE EXTREME HEAT CARBON CONVERGENCE STORMS CLIMATES EMISSIONS GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE CARBON ESTIMATES GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEASONAL TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE TEMPERATE CLIMATES CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASE HIGH TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE STRESS CLIMATE DAMAGES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATE‐ CHANGE STRATEGIES EXTREME HEAT EVENTS CLIMATE‐CHANGE CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CAPACITY TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURE IMPACTS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE‐POLICY AIR CONDITIONING CLIMATE‐ CHANGE TEMPERATURE DATA RAINFALL WARMER TEMPERATURES SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIATION TEMPERATURE RISES IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE COLD CLIMATE CLIMATE MODELS PRECIPITATION EXTREME TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE STRESS ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURES DEGREE DAYS IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AIR CONDITIONING LEAD CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION GLOBAL CLIMATE HIGH TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE DATA HIGH TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE LEVEL WARMER CLIMATE CLIMATE EXTREME HEAT SOCIAL COST OF CARBON CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC RESEARCH SEA‐LEVEL RISE CLIMATE DAMAGE SURFACE TEMPERATURE INCREASE DAILY TEMPERATURE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE MITIGATION GLOBAL TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC FACTORS AMBIENT TEMPERATURES SUMMER TEMPERATURE CLIMATE” VARIABLE CLIMATE MITIGATION COST OF CARBON AIR QUALITY CLIMATE DAMAGE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE COLD CLIMATES CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL CLIMATE CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE CONDITIONS MEAN TEMPERATURE CRU CLIMATE POLICY COLDER CLIMATE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE CLOUD COVER ENERGY EXTREME HEAT EVENTS Park, Jisung Hallegatte, Stephane Bangalore, Mook Sandhoefner, Evan Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change |
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Recent economic research documents a
range of adverse welfare consequences from extreme heat
stress, including health, labor productivity, and direct
consumption disutility impacts. Without rapid adaptation,
climate change will increase the burden of heat stress
experienced by much of the world’s population in the coming
decades. What will the distributional consequences of this
added heat stress be, and how might this affect optimal
climate policy? Using detailed survey data of household
wealth in 690,745 households across 52 countries, this paper
finds evidence suggesting that the welfare impacts of added
heat stress caused by climate change may be regressive.
Specifically, the analysis finds that poorer households tend
to be located in hotter locations across and within
countries, and poorer individuals are more likely to work in
occupations with greater exposure to the elements not only
across but also within countries. These findings—combined
with the fact that current social cost of carbon estimates
do not include climate damages arising from the productivity
impacts of heat stress—suggest that optimal climate policy,
especially when allowing for declining marginal utility of
consumption, involves more stringent abatement than
currently suggested, and that redistributive adaptation
policies may be required to reduce the mechanical inequities
in welfare impacts arising from climate change. |
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Park, Jisung Hallegatte, Stephane Bangalore, Mook Sandhoefner, Evan |
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Park, Jisung Hallegatte, Stephane Bangalore, Mook Sandhoefner, Evan |
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Park, Jisung |
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Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change |
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Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change |
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Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change |
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Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change |
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Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change |
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households and heat stress : estimating the distributional consequences of climate change |
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okr-10986-234382021-04-23T14:04:15Z Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change Park, Jisung Hallegatte, Stephane Bangalore, Mook Sandhoefner, Evan SUMMER TEMPERATURES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL TEMPERATURE COLDER CLIMATES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION TEMPERATURE AIR QUALITY EXTREME TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE RANGE EXTREME HEAT CARBON CONVERGENCE STORMS CLIMATES EMISSIONS GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE CARBON ESTIMATES GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEASONAL TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE TEMPERATE CLIMATES CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASE HIGH TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE STRESS CLIMATE DAMAGES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATE‐ CHANGE STRATEGIES EXTREME HEAT EVENTS CLIMATE‐CHANGE CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CAPACITY TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURE IMPACTS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE‐POLICY AIR CONDITIONING CLIMATE‐ CHANGE TEMPERATURE DATA RAINFALL WARMER TEMPERATURES SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIATION TEMPERATURE RISES IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE COLD CLIMATE CLIMATE MODELS PRECIPITATION EXTREME TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE STRESS ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURES DEGREE DAYS IMPACTS OF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AIR CONDITIONING LEAD CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION GLOBAL CLIMATE HIGH TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE DATA HIGH TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE LEVEL WARMER CLIMATE CLIMATE EXTREME HEAT SOCIAL COST OF CARBON CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC RESEARCH SEA‐LEVEL RISE CLIMATE DAMAGE SURFACE TEMPERATURE INCREASE DAILY TEMPERATURE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE MITIGATION GLOBAL TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC FACTORS AMBIENT TEMPERATURES SUMMER TEMPERATURE CLIMATE” VARIABLE CLIMATE MITIGATION COST OF CARBON AIR QUALITY CLIMATE DAMAGE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE COLD CLIMATES CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL CLIMATE CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE CONDITIONS MEAN TEMPERATURE CRU CLIMATE POLICY COLDER CLIMATE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE CLOUD COVER ENERGY EXTREME HEAT EVENTS Recent economic research documents a range of adverse welfare consequences from extreme heat stress, including health, labor productivity, and direct consumption disutility impacts. Without rapid adaptation, climate change will increase the burden of heat stress experienced by much of the world’s population in the coming decades. What will the distributional consequences of this added heat stress be, and how might this affect optimal climate policy? Using detailed survey data of household wealth in 690,745 households across 52 countries, this paper finds evidence suggesting that the welfare impacts of added heat stress caused by climate change may be regressive. Specifically, the analysis finds that poorer households tend to be located in hotter locations across and within countries, and poorer individuals are more likely to work in occupations with greater exposure to the elements not only across but also within countries. These findings—combined with the fact that current social cost of carbon estimates do not include climate damages arising from the productivity impacts of heat stress—suggest that optimal climate policy, especially when allowing for declining marginal utility of consumption, involves more stringent abatement than currently suggested, and that redistributive adaptation policies may be required to reduce the mechanical inequities in welfare impacts arising from climate change. 2015-12-18T19:18:25Z 2015-12-18T19:18:25Z 2015-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25250702/households-heat-stress-estimating-distributional-consequences-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23438 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7479 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |