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Fiscal decentralization, rural industrialization, and undocumented labor mobility in rural China (1982-87)

Chen, Yiu Por - 2015

This paper explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization, which gave greater rural industrialization and … China's initial reform period. A Heckman model is employed to correct for the zero observation problems and to consistently … estimate the labor mobility with a modified gravity equation. Given the institutional barriers, the fiscal decentralization has …

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Institutions, culture, and wetland values

Mayula Chaikumbung; Doucouliagos, Chris; Scarborough, Helen - 2018

Do institutions and culture affect environmental values? In this article we analyze 1,041 environmental valuations of 223 wetlands in 38 developing countries, to examine the effect of institutions and culture on environmental values. We assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic...

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Ecosystems and human health : the local benefits of forest cover in Indonesia

Garg, Teevrat - 2019

This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...

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An empirical survey of the ramifications of a green economy

Heshmati, Almas - 2014

The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...

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An empirical study of the relationships between CO2 emissions, economic growth and openness

Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almes; Cho, Yongsung - 2010

its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging … characteristics, the estimated EKC show different temporal patterns. China shows an N-shaped curve while Japan has a U-shaped curve … it represents an inverted Ushaped curve, while China shows a U-shaped curve. We also analyze the dynamic relationships …

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The effects of climate change in the poorest countries : evidence from the permanent shrinking of Lake Chad

Jedwab, Remi; Haslop, Federico; Zarate, Roman D.; … - 2023

Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate anomalies for causal identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate-driven geographical conditions, i.e. CC as defined by the IPCC (2013), have been studied relatively less, especially in...

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Extreme weather events and climate change : economic impacts and adaptation policies

Ferreira, Susana - 2024

This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events to draw lessons on how societies can better manage these risks. While evidence that richer, better governed societies suffer less and recover faster from climate extremes...

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Air pollution and time use : evidence from India

Jafarov, Jafar; Singh, Tejendra P.; Sahoo, Soham - 2023

We investigate how air pollution impacts outdoor activity avoidance, leveraging changes in local wind direction in an instrumental variable setup for causal identification. Our findings reveal a substantial reduction in time spent outdoors during polluted days, mainly driven by decreased...

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Understanding climate damages: consumption versus investment

Casey, Gregory; Fried, Stephie; Gibson, Matthew - 2021

Existing climate-economy models use aggregate damage functions to model the effects of climate change. This approach assumes climate change has equal impacts on the productivity of firms that produce consumption and investment goods or services. We show the split between damage to consumption...

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"Placebo tests" for the impacts of air pollution on health: the challenge of limited healthcare infrastructure

Guidetti, Bruna Morais; Pereda, Paula Carvalho; … - 2021

When examining the impacts of exposure to air pollution on health outcomes, researchers usually carry out "placebo tests" to provide evidence in support of their identification assumption. In general, this exercise targets health conditions seemingly unrelated to air pollution. In this study, we...

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