New paper out now in ERL with
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World gets hotter -> amount of heat stress on outdoor workers increases. Mostly missing from studies is the seasonality of agricultural labour... 1/3
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In the case of rice, the most labour intensive operations are planting and harvesting. In many places, these occur at hotter than average times of year! 2/3
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Estimates of the impact of climate change on outdoor labour often present the average over the whole year, so may under-estimate the impact on labour productivity in the agricultural sector 3/3
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