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In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … exogenous variation in the players' exposure to air pollution due to match scheduling rules that are beyond the control of teams … and players. Our analysis shows negative and non-linear effects of air pollution on short-run productivity. We further …
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literature. Here we study Europe's most aggressive recent air pollution regulation: Low Emission Zones are areas in which … Germany, we assess the distribution of air pollution and the spatial substitution effects in green versus dirty vehicles. We … find that LEZs decrease air pollution by around nine percent in urban traffic centers while pollution is unchanged in non …
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Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part …
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in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing … challenges faced by these countries without undermining their economies. In this paper, we examine the impact of air pollution on …
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We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several … innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels of pollution. In contrast, the … experience of California in the 1990s is clearly relevant to current debates over the regulation of pollution. Second, many …
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In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...
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and temporal resolution. Then, we link inversion episode data to ground level pollution monitors and to daily in- and … from low-income households suffer significantly more from air pollution than children from high income households. Finally … pollution across children in rich and poor households. …
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plant located in an industrial city in Hebei province, north China. Long-term workers earn piece-rate wages, with no base ….5 concentrations, with the drop leveling off for further increases in fine-particle pollution. A back-of-the-envelope calculation … hourly PM2.5 truncated at 25 µg/m3. We also find reduced product quality as pollution rises. Our model allows for selection …
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(agriculture). Our focus is mainly on the costs associated with congestion and pollution as well the impact of under-priced energy … indicative estimates of the external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. Our estimates using …
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Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality …
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