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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Main Authors: Park, Jisung, Hallegatte, Stephane, Bangalore, Mook, Sandhoefner, Evan
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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AIR
CRU
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25250702/households-heat-stress-estimating-distributional-consequences-climate-change
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7479
description 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.
format Working Paper
author Park, Jisung
Hallegatte, Stephane
Bangalore, Mook
Sandhoefner, Evan
author_facet Park, Jisung
Hallegatte, Stephane
Bangalore, Mook
Sandhoefner, Evan
author_sort Park, Jisung
title Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
title_short Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
title_full Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
title_fullStr Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
title_full_unstemmed Households and Heat Stress : Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
title_sort households and heat stress : estimating the distributional consequences of climate change
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25250702/households-heat-stress-estimating-distributional-consequences-climate-change
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23438
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spelling 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