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outcomes varies across pollution media: air pollution has a larger impact on health outcomes than either water or land. And …, within air pollution, releases of carcinogens are particularly problematic for infant health outcomes. We do not, however …
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protection, substantially expanded public access to pollution information, and dramatically increased households' awareness about … pollution issues. These transformations, in turn, triggered a cascade of household behavioral changes, including increases in … online searches for pollution-related topics, adjustments in day-to-day consumption patterns to avoid pollution exposure, and …
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Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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Several recent surveys have asked Americans whether they support policies to reduce childhood obesity. There is reason for skepticism of such surveys because people are not confronted with the tax costs of such policies when they are asked whether they support them. This paper uses contingent...
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due to industrial air pollution is twice as large as WTP to reduce the risk of liver disease due to contaminated drinking …
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Two surveys conducted in Taiwan during the spring 2003 SARS epidemic reveal a high degree of concern about the threat posed by SARS to Taiwan and to residents, although respondents believe they are knowledgeable about the risk of SARS and that it is susceptible to individual control. WTP to...
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There is strong evidence that short-run fluctuations in air pollution negatively impact infant health and … contemporaneous adult health, but there is less evidence on the causal link between long-term exposure to air pollution and increased … adult mortality. This project estimates the impact of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality by leveraging quasi …
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. Overall, we estimate that, for a month of social distancing, the expected premature deaths due to air pollution from personal …
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. This suggests the importance of factors like air pollution and traffic congestion that increase with economic activity, are …
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This paper assesses whether responses to information about risk impact estimates of the relationship between ozone and asthma in Southern California. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find smog alerts significantly reduces daily attendance at two major outdoor facilities. Using daily...
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