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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 … interviews in China, we are able to estimate the relationship between local concentration of particulate matter and individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497267
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Green infrastructure and air pollution: evidence from highways connecting two megacities in China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2021
Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades … China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution. We use high-frequency and high spatial resolution data to track …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705682
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Importing air pollution? : evidence from China's plastic waste imports
Unfried, Kerstin; Wang, Feicheng - 2022
recipient countries. As the largest recipient, China has permanently banned the imports of plastic waste since 2018. This paper … examines the causal effect of plastic waste imports on air pollution by exploiting China’s experience of importing plastic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173563
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249642
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001546
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The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective well-being in China
Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2019
satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012003800
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Severe air pollution and school absences : longitudinal data on expatriates in North China
Liu, Haoming; Salvo, Alberto - 2017
schools in a major city in north China to estimate how fluctuation in ambient PM2.5 over the preceding fortnight impacts daily … residence in north China comes at the expense of long-term health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760109
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Ambient air pollution and helping behavior : evidence from the streets in Beijing
Chang, Simon; Chatterjee, Ishita; Yu, Li - 2024
We conducted a large-scale lost letter experiment with a novel design across all seasons in Beijing to study whether ambient air pollution influences helping behavior. We assessed air pollution by PM2.5 and PM10. Our novel design allowed us to collect real-time granular data from the streets. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014535239
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Air pollution and entrepreneurship
Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2023
panel data in China. To address omitted variable bias and endogeneity arising from self-selection into entrepreneurship and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315828
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Air pollution and green innovation
Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2023
survey in China in 2018 and conducted instrumental variable analyses to study the impact of air pollution on the green …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014316830