Table 3.
Estimates from non-linear models
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quadratic | Binary | Semi-parametric | ||||||||
WBT | 808.544*** | 410.148*** | 838.167*** | 871.742*** | 1031.185*** | 976.773*** | ||||
(123.181) | (126.537) | (123.641) | (124.821) | (131.367) | (129.026) | |||||
WBT | 17.097*** | 9.124*** | 17.654*** | 18.304*** | 22.049*** | 21.006 | ||||
(2.418) | (2.500) | (2.429) | (2.454) | (2.603) | (2.551) | |||||
Precipitation | 5.556*** | 5.798*** | ||||||||
(1.156) | (1.154) | |||||||||
Cloud cover | 1.756 | 1.715 | ||||||||
(1.167) | (1.150) | |||||||||
Sunshine duration | 0.195 | 0.183 | ||||||||
(0.156) | (0.156) | |||||||||
Wind gust | 18.833*** | 19.658*** | ||||||||
(5.584) | (5.423) | |||||||||
Wind speed | 18.034*** | 20.679*** | ||||||||
(7.789) | (7.652) | |||||||||
WBT > 24 | 202.452*** | |||||||||
(43.268) | ||||||||||
WBT > 26 | 213.827*** | |||||||||
(45.753) | ||||||||||
WBT > 28 | 547.701*** | |||||||||
(52.815) | ||||||||||
Turning point | 23.6 C | 22.5 C | 23.7 C | 23.8 C | 23.4 C | 23.3 C | ||||
[22.9 C, 24.4 C] | [20.6 C, 24.3 C] | [23.1 C, 24.4 C] | [23.2 C, 24.4 C] | [22.8 C, 24.0 C] | [22.6 C, 23.9 C] | |||||
119.190 | ||||||||||
(107.797) | ||||||||||
21.735 | ||||||||||
(108.668) | ||||||||||
321.318*** | ||||||||||
(113.384) | ||||||||||
478.572*** | ||||||||||
(156.643) | ||||||||||
Observations | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | 35,190 | |
Number of works | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 635 |
Worker FE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Year FE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Month FE | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Week FE | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Day of Week | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Building FE | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Other weather | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The dependent variable in all regressions is output per worker-shift. WBT refers to the maximum wet bulb temperature on day of shift. Robust standard errors clustered at the worker level are presented in parentheses, and ***, **, *. 95% confidence intervals of the turning point of the quadratic relationship between wet bulb temperature and output are presented in square brackets. The sample comprises all day shifts from May to September