【报告主题】When Disaster Strikes: How Climate Events Influence Employment Preferences
【主讲嘉宾】黄昊，香港香港科技大学商学院副院长
【报告时间】2025年5月15日 14:00
【报告地点】会计学院108室
【内容提要】
This paper examines how experiences with salient climate events affect workers’ employment preferences. We find that after a region experiences climate disasters, local firms with worse environmental performance fill job vacancies at a slower rate compared to those with better environmental performance. Results from additional analyses suggest that the effect is unlikely driven by climate disasters’ impact on firms’ operations or hiring strategies, but rather due to job seekers’ exposure to climate disasters heightening their awareness of climate change, which leads them to place greater importance on employers’ environmental responsibility. We also document that, after experiencing climate disasters, employees in firms with worse environmental performance leave more negative reviews for their employers and are more likely to move to firms with better environmental performance, suggesting that salient climate events also change current employees’ perceptions of employers. Our findings highlight the consequences of climate risk on businesses from the perspective of employment decisions.