Zivin, Joshua Graff; Neidell, Matthew - In: American Economic Review 102 (2012) 7, pp. 3652-73
This paper assesses the impact of pollution on worker productivity by relating exogenous daily variations in ozone with … productivity of agricultural workers as recorded under piece rate contracts. We find robust evidence that ozone levels well below … federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity. These results suggest that, in contrast to common …