Sweden's Great Escape: Industrialization and The Changing Productivity Cost of Winter
We combine a paleoclimate reconstruction of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)- a key determinant of Scandinavian winter intensity- with four centuries of historical production data from Sweden, to examine the changing influence of climate variability on production over time. We find the colder, d...
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ftunsanfrancisco:oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-2122 2023-05-15T17:29:09+02:00 Sweden's Great Escape: Industrialization and The Changing Productivity Cost of Winter Taylor, Charlotte Anttila-Hughes, Jesse 2018-05-18T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/1042 https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2122&context=thes unknown USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/1042 https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2122&context=thes Master's Theses climate growth development sweden north atlantic oscillation Growth and Development text 2018 ftunsanfrancisco 2021-11-30T19:11:19Z We combine a paleoclimate reconstruction of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)- a key determinant of Scandinavian winter intensity- with four centuries of historical production data from Sweden, to examine the changing influence of climate variability on production over time. We find the colder, drier winters associated with the negative phase of the NAO led to reduced economic production for much of Swedish history, and that this relationship changed with development: during industrialization, Sweden underwent a transition from ‘level’ effects, where harsh winters lowered average incomes, to ‘growth’ effects, where it reduced growth in improving living standards. Post-industrialization, neither ‘level’ nor ‘growth’ effects remain. We use sectoral production data to show that the growth effects uncovered in the industrialization period are strongest in the sectors of the economy most exposed to the climate and of greatest importance to the industrialization process, namely, transport, manufacturing and construction. Text North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation University of San Francisco (USF): Scholarship Repository |
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We combine a paleoclimate reconstruction of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)- a key determinant of Scandinavian winter intensity- with four centuries of historical production data from Sweden, to examine the changing influence of climate variability on production over time. We find the colder, drier winters associated with the negative phase of the NAO led to reduced economic production for much of Swedish history, and that this relationship changed with development: during industrialization, Sweden underwent a transition from ‘level’ effects, where harsh winters lowered average incomes, to ‘growth’ effects, where it reduced growth in improving living standards. Post-industrialization, neither ‘level’ nor ‘growth’ effects remain. We use sectoral production data to show that the growth effects uncovered in the industrialization period are strongest in the sectors of the economy most exposed to the climate and of greatest importance to the industrialization process, namely, transport, manufacturing and construction. |
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Sweden's Great Escape: Industrialization and The Changing Productivity Cost of Winter |
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Sweden's Great Escape: Industrialization and The Changing Productivity Cost of Winter |
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Sweden's Great Escape: Industrialization and The Changing Productivity Cost of Winter |
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sweden's great escape: industrialization and the changing productivity cost of winter |
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