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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …