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individuals’ well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction …-being research in economics and takes measures of reported life satisfaction as an empirical approximation to individual welfare …. Micro-econometric life satisfaction functions are estimated taking into account environmental conditions along with income …
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This note contributes to the literature on the air pollution consequences determined by hosting mega-events. An … econometric analysis is provided to document the increase in air pollution observed in Naples (Italy) during the G20 Ministerial …
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We study how ambient lead exposure impacts learning in elementary school by leveraging a natural experiment where a large national automotive racing organization switched from leaded to unleaded fuel. We find increased levels and duration of exposure to lead negatively affect academic...
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This note contributes to the literature on the air pollution consequences determined by hosting mega-events. An … econometric analysis is provided to document the increase in air pollution observed in Naples (Italy) during the G20 Ministerial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290046
compliance and pollution levels in the context of monitors for tropospheric ozone (O3). Using a panel dataset of monitors in the …The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) maintains networks of pollution monitors for two basic purposes: to … pollution and its effects. These purposes imply conflicting criteria for the locations of a limited number of monitors. To check …
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We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … conditions and exploit short-term variation in the concentration of particulate matter (PM10) and ozone (O3). We apply fixed … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase …
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We use worldwide satellite data to analyse how population size and density affect urban pollution. We find that density … significantly increases pollution exposure. Looking only at urban areas, we find that population size affects exposure more than … itself. We analyse heterogeneity by geography and income levels. By and large, the influence of population on pol-lution is …
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significant downward trends indicating a decline over time in the degree of pollution in Chinese cities. It is also interesting …
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quantify the health impacts of changes in environmental pollution induced by a reduction in congestion and find overall health …. Reducing electricity system congestion decreases ozone and PM2.5 concentrations in New England and New York and increases them … losses in central states such as Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and health gains in Atlantic. …
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The main aim of this paper is to assess whether there is a statistically significant environmental impact of cities within European countries. Second, starting from the estimated environmental impact of cities within European countries, the paper investigates whether cross-country variation can...
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