Urban China's high levels of ambient air pollution both lowers quality of life and raises mortality risk. China … inequality in human capital accumulation and in quality of life inequality in urban China …

" regulations to maintain recent pollution progress. We document that China's cross-city Environmental Kuznets Curve shifts as a … function of a city's demand for clean air. We rank 144 cities in China based on their population's baseline sensitivity to air …

Household carbon dioxide emissions have been an increasing function of income and distance from the city. Richer … have flattened household transportation carbon dioxide Engel curves over the years 2018 to 2022. While household …

China's rapid economic growth has been fueled by industrialization and urbanization. Given its export focus, this … quality of life in China's cities. We focus on the interaction between firms, local governments and the central government … that together determine the new economic geography of industry and pollution within China …

China urbanization is associated with both increases in per-capita income and greenhouse gas emissions. This paper uses … micro data to rank 74 major Chinese cities with respect to their household carbon footprint. We find that the "greenest … dirtiest city (Daqing), a standardized household produces only one-fifth of that in America's greenest city (San Diego). We …

Over the last thirty years, China's major cities have experienced significant income and population growth. Much of …