We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and … 1989-2011, we find significant positive effects of air pollution, instrumented by thermal inversions, on body mass index … identifies a new cause of obesity, and sheds new light on the morbidity cost of air pollution. …

air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account. … satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … to air pollution across similar respondents living in the same county, we find that PM2.5 reduces hedonic happiness and …

This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five … prefectures, this regulation effect is twice as large in the smaller regulated prefectures. A possible mechanism could be that the …

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 … air quality, we employ daily data on air pollution between 2015 and 2020. Our difference-in-differences results show that …

We investigate the effect of exposure to air pollution on an individual's likelihood towards entrepreneurship using … panel data in China. To address omitted variable bias and endogeneity arising from self-selection into entrepreneurship and … individuals exposed to higher levels of air pollution are less likely to become entrepreneurs or diversify their entrepreneurial …

survey in China in 2018 and conducted instrumental variable analyses to study the impact of air pollution on the green …With air pollution remaining a significant problem in many regions globally, an increasing number of environmentally … relationship between air pollution and green innovation, while expected firm income and actual firm income may act as suppressors …

Our study focuses on exploring the impact of air pollution on household investment in children's education in China …. Air pollution poses a significant risk to some cities in northern China. We have used panel data from secondary schools in … point decrease in the likelihood of parents spending on their children's education. The impact of air pollution on household …