We study the effect of outdoor air pollution on the productivity of indoor workers at a pear-packing factory. We focus … of outdoor pollution on the productivity of indoor workers suggests a thus far overlooked consequence of pollution. Back …

We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using unique administrative data for elementary and middle … variations in pollution within school-year-attendance period cells. We find that high levels of carbon monoxide (CO …

all quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of pollution on health exploits changes in short-term exposure. Quantifying … long-run exposure impacts requires a lasting, exogenous change in ambient pollution. Even if the initial change in … pollution is exogenous, the long-run nature allows more time for economic agents to respond to changes in pollution, resulting …

We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …

Influenza and air pollution each pose significant health risks with global economic consequences. Their shared … on changing wind direction, we show increased levels of contemporaneous pollution increase influenza hospitalizations. We … neutralizes this relationship. Thus, pollution control and vaccination campaigns jointly provide greater returns than those …

the form of residential sorting, can lead to non-random assignment of pollution, economists have employed a wide range of … quasi-experimental techniques to develop causal estimates of the effect of pollution. Second, economic research has placed a … biological and behavioral effects of pollution and for proper welfare calculations. Lastly, economic research has expanded the …

of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human capital, efforts to reduce … pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting economic growth. While a … handful of studies have documented the impacts of pollution on labor supply, this paper is the first to rigorously assess the …

A pervasive problem in the literature on the health costs of pollution is that optimizing individuals may compensate … for increases in pollution by reducing their exposure to protect their health. This implies that estimates of the health … effects of pollution may vastly understate the full welfare effects of pollution, particularly for individuals most at risk …

pollution regulation. However, these studies have made restrictive assumptions regarding individual preferences and have ignored … key links between pollution, human health, and labor productivity. Together, these assumptions imply that the benefits of … that when the benefits of reduced pollution come in the form of improved health or productivity, the benefits do affect …