Freight Transportation

Steering Adaptation: Firms, Labor Contracts, and Driver Behavior in Trucking

We study how firms and labor contracts shape workers' adaptation to climate risk. Using real-time GPS and AI driver-monitoring data on truck drivers, we show that extreme heat …

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Too Hot to Haul? The Impact of Temperature on Labor Supply and Performance of Truck Drivers

This paper studies the effects of extreme temperatures on labor supply and performance in the heavy-duty trucking industry, a pivotal sector with broad productivity spillovers and …

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