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large wildfire smoke events across the US, a rapidly-growing environmental stressor. Health-protective behavior, mobility …, and sentiment all respond to increasing ambient wildfire smoke concentrations, but responses differ by income. Indoor …
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We study how air pollution impacts the U.S. labor market by analyzing effects of drifting wildfire smoke that can …
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mandate adaptive investment. We measure the effect of California's wildfire building codes on own- and neighboring structure … 1991 Oakland Firestorm. Codes also benefit neighbors. We use the results to estimate net social benefits of wildfire …
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The practice of burning agricultural waste is ubiquitous around the world, yet the external human capital costs from those fires have been underexplored. Using data from the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) and agricultural fires detected by high-resolution satellites in China during...
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This study measures the degree to which large public expenditures on wildfire protection subsidize development in harm …
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Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on the causes of wildfires … burden of wildfire in the US. We estimate that nearly 50 million homes are currently in the wildland-urban interface in the … climate-change-induced wildfire smoke could approach projected overall increases in temperature-related mortality from climate …
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Fires and burns are among the leading causes of unintentional death in the U.S. Most of these deaths occur in residences, and cigarettes are a primary cause. In this paper, I explore the relationship between smoking, cigarette policies, and fires. As fewer people smoke, there are less...
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Smoke from massive wildfires blanketed Indonesia in late 1997. This paper examines the impact this air pollution (particulate matter) had on fetal, infant, and child mortality. Exploiting the sharp timing and spatial patterns of the pollution and inferring deaths from "missing children" in the...
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perceptions among potential sellers and buyers of properties located in the proximity of large wildfire events. Our empirical … which incorporates measures of both proximity and burn scar views as well as a properties latent wildfire risk. Our analysis … latent risk for wildfire …
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Historical city growth, in the United States and worldwide, has required remarkable transformation of outdated durable buildings. Private land-use decisions may generate inefficiencies, however, due to externalities and various rigidities. This paper analyzes new plot-level data in the aftermath...
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