Arbeitspapier

Ambient temperature and sexual activity: Evidence from time use surveys

Previous research has found that unusually hot temperature in a given month reduces birth rates 8-10 months later. We examine one of the potential mechanisms behind this relationship. Using three waves of the Hungarian Time Use Survey we analyze the relationship between ambient temperature and sexual activity. We show that on a cold day sexual activity is significantly lower, but hot temperatures do not have an effect. Performing placebo tests using temperature data one year ahead or several years before we provide evidence that supports the causal interpretation of our results. Studying the dynamics of this relationship, we could not rule out the possibility that after the immediate decline, sexual activity revives over the next few days resulting in a zero total effect.

ISBN
978-615-5457-08-1
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IEHAS Discussion Papers ; No. MT-DP - 2017/29

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Thema
weather
temperature
sexual activity
time use

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hajdu, Tamás
Hajdu, Gábor
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics
(wo)
Budapest
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hajdu, Tamás
  • Hajdu, Gábor
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2017

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