TY - GEN AU - Colacito, Riccardo AU - Hoffmann, Bridget AU - Phan, Toan TI - Research Insights: Do Rising Temperatures Impact Economic Growth? PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/10/07 DO - 10.18235/0001936 AB - Seasonal temperatures, particularly summer temperature, have significant and systematic effects on the U.S. economy, both overall and across a wide range of sectors. Seasonal temperature affects output growth by changing labor productivity rather than employment. The effect of summer temperature is strongest in Southern states, where baseline summer temperature is already high. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0001936 ER -