Despite progress in air pollution control, concerns remain over the health impact of poor air quality. Governments … allowing for avoidance behaviour in response to air pollution warnings. A 1% increase in nitrogen dioxide or ozone … underestimation of the health effect of air pollution. …

on health outcomes. A key contribution relative to the broader literature is that we examine localized pollution …

The paper estimates the effect of SO2 pollution on infant mortality in Germany, 1985–2003. To avoid endogeneity … elasticity of 0.07–0.13 and the observed reduction in pollution implies an annual gain of 826–1460 infant lives. There is no …

This paper examines the impact of outdoor pollution and parental smoking on children's health from birth until the age … pollution levels. These data were provided by the Federal Environment Agency and cover the years 2002–2007. Our work makes two … pollution exposure and parental smoking on child health during the first four years of life. Second, we have health measures not …