Weather and children’s allocation of time: Evidence from India

Weather and children’s allocation of time: Evidence from India | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Weather and children’s allocation of time: Evidence from India Bhaskar Jyoti Neog This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5103041/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted 12 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract How individuals spend their time has a crucial bearing on their well-being. Climate change—by modifying the environmental determinants of time disposition—can alter time-use patterns among individuals. The present paper contributes to the limited literature in this direction. Utilising data from the Time Use Survey, 2019, the present paper investigates the influence of weather on time allocation for learning and leisure among children. The results suggest that individuals substitute leisure for learning during days with extreme temperatures. Hot days lower time allocation to learning by around 8 per cent, driven primarily by a reduction in school/university attendance. The impact of hot days is muted in places with a warmer climate, suggesting evidence of longer-run acclimatisation. However, I fail to find any conclusive evidence of short-run adaptation to unpleasant weather. The findings further reveal interesting heterogeneities in the temperature-time use relationship across gender, education and income. The study concludes with some policy suggestions. JEL: C01, I2, J13, J22, J24. time-use weather temperature education leisure adaptation gender Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Supplementary Files SupplementaryInformation.docx Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 29 May, 2025 Reviews received at journal 27 May, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 29 Apr, 2025 Reviews received at journal 28 Apr, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 27 Feb, 2025 Reviews received at journal 16 Dec, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 15 Nov, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 14 Nov, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 14 Nov, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 20 Sep, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 20 Sep, 2024 First submitted to journal 17 Sep, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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