, environmental regulation, productivity, and consumer preferences have contributed to these reductions in pollution emissions. We … estimate the model's key parameters using administrative data on plant-level production and pollution decisions. We then … pollution changes. Finally, we compare the model-driven decomposition to a statistical decomposition. The model and data suggest …

China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find …We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …

China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution. We use high-frequency and high spatial resolution data to track …Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades … pollution along major highways linking the two cities. Our approach involves the use of an augmented regression discontinuity in …

examines the causal effect of plastic waste imports on air pollution by exploiting China’s experience of importing plastic … recipient countries. As the largest recipient, China has permanently banned the imports of plastic waste since 2018. This paper …. To evaluate the impact of the import ban on air quality, we employ daily data on air pollution between 2015 and 2020. Our …

This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five …

schools in a major city in north China to estimate how fluctuation in ambient PM2.5 over the preceding fortnight impacts daily … pollution estimated for the US using aggregate data. Using school absence patterns as a window into short-run health and … residence in north China comes at the expense of long-term health. …

a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major …

We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to … - similar to those caused by the decline of employment in coal production since the 1980s, indicating that the China trade shock … holds lessons for other episodes of localized job loss. Import competition from China induced changes in income per capita …

Do firms in China share rents with their workers? We address this question by examining firm-level panel data covering … importance, RS in China is smaller and more symmetric than in developed economies, which reflects the weaker bargaining power of …