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Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce PM 2.5 concentrations? : if so, for whom? : empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia

Bluffstone, Randall Ames; LaFave, Daniel; Mekonnen, Alemu; … - 2019

and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine … household air pollution reductions from an improved biomass cookstove promoted in rural Ethiopia, the Mirt improved cookstove … sample, the Mirt improved cookstove leads to only minor reductions in mean household air pollution (10 percent on average …

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Incidence of COVID-19 and connections with air pollution exposure : evidence from the Netherlands

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The fast spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has resulted in the emergence of several hot-spots around the world. Several of these are located in areas associated with high levels of air pollution. This study investigates the relationship between exposure to particulate...

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A presumptive Pigouvian tax on gasoline : analysis of an air pollution control program for Mexico City

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Racing to the bottom? : Foreign investment and air pollution in developing countries

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The more stringent, the better? : rationing car use in Bogotá with moderate and drastic restrictions

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Improved biomass cookstove use in the longer run : results from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Alemu; Beyene, Abebe Damte; Bluffstone, … - 2020

This paper reports on electronically-monitored improved use of the "Mirt" biomass stove in Ethiopia over a relatively long period of three-and-a-half years, using stove use data collected at five points in time. The results show that 62 percent of the households surveyed still retained their...

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Impacts of improved biomass cookstoves on child and adult health : eperimental evidence from rural Ethiopia

LaFave, Daniel; Beyene, Abebe Damte; Bluffstone, … - 2019

This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60 percent of treatment households continued to use the improved stoves three-years...

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Lock-in effects of road expansion on CO2 emissions : results from a core-periphery model of Beijing

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Endogenous enforcement and effectiveness of China's pollution levy system

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Transportation and the environment : a review of empirical literature

Li, Shanjun; Xing, Jianwei; Yang, Lin; Zhang, Fan - 2020

In urban areas around the world, increasing motorization and growing travel demand make the urban transportation sector an ever-greater contributor to local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The situation is particularly acute in developing countries, where growing metropolitan regions...

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