Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert an important influence on labor market decisions. We exploit … exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution impacts labor … supply. The closure led to an 8 percent decline in pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods. We find that a one percent …

empirical investigations. We apply our framework to findings related to the economic impact of air pollution, deforestation, and …

empirical investigations. We apply our framework to findings related to the economic impact of air pollution, deforestation, and …

Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert an important influence on labor market decisions. We exploit … exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution impacts labor … supply. The closure led to an 8 percent decline in pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods. We find that a one percent …