TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Garg, Teevrat
AU  - Gibson, Matthew
AU  - Sun, Fanglin
        TI  - Extreme Temperatures and Time-Use in China
        PY  - 2019/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12372
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12372
        AB  - How do people in developing countries respond to extreme temperatures? Using individual-level panel data over two decades and relying on plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we estimate how extreme temperatures affect time use in China. Extreme temperatures reduce time spent working, and this effect is largest for female farmers. Hot days reduce time spent by women on outdoor chores, but we find no such effects for men. Finally, hot days dramatically reduce time spent on childcare, reflecting large effects on home production. Taken together, our results suggest time use is an important margin of response to extreme temperatures. 
        KW  - gender
KW  - time use
KW  - extreme weather
        ER  -