We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …

economy in general. Since a large body of evidence links pollution with poor health, and health is an important part of human … capital, efforts to reduce pollution could plausibly be viewed as an investment in human capital and thus a tool for promoting … economic growth. While a handful of studies have documented the impacts of pollution on labor supply, this paper is the first …