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Life satisfaction and air quality in Europe

Ferreira, Susana; Akay, Alpaslan; Brereton, Finbarr; … - 2012

-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges three waves of the European Social Survey with a new dataset on … environmental quality including SO2 concentrations and climate in Europe at the regional level. We find a robust negative impact of … satisfaction ; Europe ; European Social Survey ; GIS …

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Air pollution quotas and the dynamics of internal skilled migration in Chinese cities

Yu, Bo; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa - 2020

This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five-Year Plan on internal movements of high-skilled labour across Chinese prefecture cities. Using data on migration flows calculated through changes in Hukou status, this study suggests...

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Valuing air quality using happiness data : the case of China

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xiaobo; Chen, Xi - 2016

This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2.5, a dominant source of air pollution in China. By matching hedonic happiness in a nationally representative survey with daily air quality data according to exact dates and locations of interviews in China, we are able to estimate the...

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Can natural gas save lives? : evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country

Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016

There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...

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Estimating indirect benefits : fracking, coal and air pollution

Johnsen, Reid; LaRiviere, Jacob; Wolff, Hendrik - 2016

This paper estimates indirect benefits of improved air quality induced by hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking". The recent increase in natural gas supply led to displacement of coal-fired electricity by cleaner natural gas-fired generation. Using detailed spatial panel data comprising the near...

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Does pollution drive achievement? : the effect of traffic pollution on academic performance

Heissel, Jennifer; Persico, Claudia; Simon, David - 2019

We examine the effect of school traffic pollution on student outcomes by leveraging variation in wind patterns for schools the same distance from major highways. We compare within-student achievement for students transitioning between schools near highways, where one school has had greater...

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What explains cross-city variation in mortality during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? : evidence from 438 U.S. cities

Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson R. - 2019

Disparities in cross-city pandemic severity during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic remain poorly understood. This paper uses newly assembled historical data on annual mortality across 438 U.S. cities to explore the determinants of pandemic mortality. We assess the role of three broad factors: i)...

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The effect of air pollution on body weight and obesity : evidence from China

Deschênes, Olivier; Wang, Huixia; Wang, Si; Zhang, Peng - 2019

We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, which provides detailed longitudinal health and socioeconomic information for 13,226 adult individuals over 1989-2011, we find significant positive effects of air...

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The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China

Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2019

This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) - life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions according to the exact...

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Low emission zones for better health : evidence from German hospitals

Pestel, Nico; Wozny, Florian - 2019

This paper studies health effects from restricting the access of high-emission vehicles to innercities by implementing Low Emission Zones. For identification, we exploit variation in the timing and the spatial distribution of the introduction of new Low Emission Zones across cities in Germany....

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