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Coal, Smoke, and Death: Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating
Barreca, Alan I.; Clay, Karen; Tarr, Joel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality … within-state changes in mortality in non-winter months as an additional control group. Our estimates suggest that reductions … in the use of bituminous coal for heating between 1945 and 1960 decreased winter all-age mortality by 1.25 percent and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747358
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Economic Status, Air Quality, and Child Health: Evidence from Inversion Episodes
Jans, Jenny; Johansson, Per; Nilsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
On normal days, the temperature decreases with altitude, allowing air pollutants to rise and disperse. During inversion episodes, a warmer air layer at higher altitude traps pollutants close to the ground. We show how readily available NASA satellite data on vertical temperature profiles can be...
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Severe Air Pollution and Labor Productivity
Li, Teng; Liu, Haoming; Salvo, Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
plant located in an industrial city in Hebei province, north China. Long-term workers earn piece-rate wages, with no base …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211785
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Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer
Lichter, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly information on the concentration of particulate matter in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245918
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Keep Your Clunker in the Suburb: Low Emission Zones and Adoption of Green Vehicles
Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Spatial distribution and leakage effects are of great policy concern and increasingly discussed in the economics literature. Here we study Europe's most aggressive recent air pollution regulation: Low Emission Zones are areas in which vehicular access is allowed only to vehicles that emit low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775119
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The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
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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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
infant mortality in Turkey using variation across provinces and over time in the adoption of natural gas as a cleaner fuel … infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas … services would cause the infant mortality rate to decline by 4 percent, which could result in 348 infant lives saved in 2011 …
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Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience?
Currie, Janet; Neidell, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
individuallevel data to investigate effects of pollution on infant mortality, fetal deaths, low birth weight and prematurity in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761765
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Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality
Schurer, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Policy-makers worldwide are embarking on school programmes aimed at boosting students' resilience. One facet of resilience is a belief about cause and effect in life, locus of control. I test whether positive control beliefs work as a psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884117
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Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884122