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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by Covid-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829235
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Impact of the Clean Air Act on Air Pollution and Infant Health : Evidence from South Korea
Lee, Soohyung - 2018
This paper examines the extent to which the 2005 Clean Air Act introduced in South Korea affected air pollution and infant health. To identify the causal effect, we exploit the time and geographical variations in the adoption of the Act between 2003 and 2006. During this period, the Clean Air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918259
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087407
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Returns to Higher Education in China : Evidence from the 1999 Higher Education Expansion Using Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity
Dai, Fengyan - 2018
China experienced a 47% expansion in higher education enrolment between 1998 and 1999, and a six-fold expansion in the … returns to higher education in China. We find that the mean years of education increased by roughly one full year around the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912237
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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes
Yi, Junjian - 2014
. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039591
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Parental investment, school choice, and the persistent benefits of an early childhood intervention
Wang, Lei; Qian, Yiwei; Warrinnier, Nele; Attanasio, … - In: Journal of development economics 165 (2023), pp. 1-14
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Import ban and clean air : estimating the effect of China's waste import ban on the ozone pollution
Li, Jinsong; Takeuchi, Kenji - 2021
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Place-based policies, rural employment, and intra-household resources allocation : evidence from China's economic zones
Zhao, Chuanmin; Qu, Xi - In: Journal of development economics 167 (2024), pp. 1-25
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How Do Households Adjust to Trade Liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO Accession
Dai, Mi - 2018
We investigate the impacts of trade liberalization on household behaviors and outcomes in urban China, exploiting …. First, household members worked more, especially in the non-tradable sector. Second, more young adults co-resided with their … parents, and thus household size increased. Third, households saved less. These behaviors significantly buffered the negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922459
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Does the Covid-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on its Unintended Consequences
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2020
Despite a growing literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, scant evidence currently exists on its impacts on air quality. We offer the first study that provides cross-national evidence on the causal impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution. We assemble a rich database consisting of daily,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828008