Freight Transportation

Extreme Temperatures

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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Extreme Heat

Steering Adaptation: Firm, Labor Contracts, and Driver Responses to Heat in the Trucking Industry

We study how firms shape workers' adaptation to climate risk. Using real-time GPS and driver-monitoring data on 10,000 truck drivers over 15 months, we show that exposure to …

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