@article{BiglerJanzen2024, author = {Bigler, Patrick and Janzen, Benedikt}, title = {Too hot to sleep}, series = {Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (Online ISSN: 1096-0449)}, volume = {2024}, journal = {Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (Online ISSN: 1096-0449)}, number = {128}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, doi = {10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103063}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18966}, pages = {17 Seiten}, year = {2024}, language = {en} } @article{DrescherJanzen2024, author = {Drescher, Katharina and Janzen, Benedikt}, title = {When weather wounds workers : the impact of temperature on workplace accidents}, series = {Journal of Public Economics}, volume = {2025}, journal = {Journal of Public Economics}, number = {241}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105258}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19241}, pages = {17 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {We study the effects of temperature on occupational health using administrative data on Swiss occupational accidents from 1996 to 2019. Our results imply that on hot days (T𝑚𝑎𝑥 ≥ 30 ◦C) the number of occupational accidents increases by 7.4\% and on ice days (T𝑚𝑎𝑥 < 0 ◦C) by 6.3\%, relative to mild days. We find that extreme temperatures cause an average of 2600 workplace accidents each year, costing CHF 91 million annually. We provide suggestive evidence for insufficient sleep on hot days as a mechanism. While extreme temperatures worsen occupational health, we observe limited labor supply adaption for most workers.}, language = {en} }