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Urban Development and Air Pollution: Evidence from a Global Panel of Cities
Hilber, Christian A. L.; Palmer, Charles - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2014
We exploit a unique panel of 75 metro areas ('cities') across the globe and employ a city-fixed effects model to identify the determinants of within-city changes in air pollution concentration between 2005 and 2011. Increasing car and population densities significantly reduce air pollution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099879
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Urban development and air pollution: evidence from a global panel of cities
Hilber, Christian A. L.; Palmer, Charles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We exploit a unique panel of 75 metro areas (‘cities’) across the globe and employ a cityfixed effects model to identify the determinants of within-city changes in air pollution concentration between 2005 and 2011. Increasing car and population densities significantly reduce air pollution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277212
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Driving Restrictions That Work? Quito's Pico y Placa Program
Carrillo, Paul E.; Malik, Arun S.; Yoo, Jiseon - Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), … - 2013
Programs to reduce tra¢ c congestion and air pollution by restricting use of motor vehicles on working days have generally not met with success given existing studies of such programs in a number of cities. We conduct the Örst study of Quito, Ecuadorís three-year-old Pico y Placa program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011148638
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Highway toll and air pollution: evidence from Chinese cities
Fu, Shihe; Gu, Yizhen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Most highways in urban China are tolled to finance their construction. During the eight-day National Day holiday in 2012, highway tolls are waived nationwide for passenger vehicles. We use this to test highway tolls’ effect on air pollution. Using daily pollution and weather data for 98...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114201
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When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and Health
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut - CESifo - 2015
Many governments have banned strikes in public transportation. Whether this can be justified depends on whether strikes endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the effects of public transit strikes on urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265260
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Policy for better Air Quality in Asia: Proposal for a Policy Evaluation Method for four ASEAN Countries.
Hirota, Keiko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
rapid economic growth, urbanization and motorization. Mortality and respiratory diseases caused by air pollution are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005052164
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Air pollution:a case study of a cashew nut factory
Rjumohan, A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
nut processing factory in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu State in India. Cashew nut industry is important at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109172
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Growth of the urban shadow, spatial distribution of economic activities and commuting by workers in rural and Urban India
Sharma, Ajay; Chandrasekhar, S - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2014
Unlike migration, scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of commuting by workers in developing countries. This … paper fills this gap by using a nationally representative data set from India to analyze factors that affect the decision of … concentration of secondary sector jobs are more likely to have commuting workers. Regional rural and urban unemployment rates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765439
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Growth of the Urban Shadow, Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities and Commuting by Workers in Rural and Urban India
Sharma, Ajay; Chandrasekhar, S. - eSocialSciences - 2014
Unlike migration, scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of commuting by workers in developing countries. This … paper fills this gap by using a nationally representative data set from India to analyze factors that affect the decision of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945465
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Growth of the Urban Shadow, Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities, and Commuting by Workers in Rural and Urban India
Sharma, Ajay; Chandrasekhar, S. - In: World Development 61 (2014) C, pp. 154-166
Unlike migration, scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of commuting by workers in developing countries. This … paper fills this gap by using a nationally representative data set from India to analyze factors that affect the decision of … concentration of secondary sector jobs are more likely to have commuting workers. Regional rural and urban unemployment rates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010786493