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 …