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. 2023 Aug 30;86(3):533–563. doi: 10.1007/s10640-023-00803-4

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)
WBT2 -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]
21<WBT24 119.190
(107.797)
24<WBT27 -21.735
(108.668)
27<WBT30 -321.318***
(113.384)
30<WBT -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 ***p<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.1. 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