In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China’s urban areas absorb migrant workers … under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are …

This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in … important individual characteristics. The results suggest that urbanization lowers SWB, with relatively large negative effects …

fixed effects and is robust to instrumenting urbanization. Province’s competition, urban amenities and dis-amenities, cost … capita account for 40 percent of the negative urbanization penalty. Our result cannot be explained by the presence of … markets, young entrepreneurs are able to reap-off the benefits of urbanization externalities: every 100,000-inhabitant …

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 …

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 …

Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part …

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 …

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 …