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China’s War on Pollution : Evidence from the First Five Years
Greenstone, Michael; He, Guojun; Li, Shanjun; Zou, Eric - 2021
pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and water quality, with a focus on the five years since China … declared a “war on pollution” in 2014. It summarizes the emerging literature that has taken advantage of accompanying … pollution, and understand their social, economic, and health consequences …
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The effect of pollution on worker productivity : evidence from call-center workers in China
Chang, Tom; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Gross, Tal; … - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497258
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Environmental impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Huijuan, Cao; Fujii, Hidemichi; Managi, Shunsuke - 2013
; Beijing ; air pollution ; impact estimate ; difference-in-differences approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744067
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When Power Plants Leave Town : Environmental Quality and the Housing Market in China
Deng, Guoying - 2017
Air pollution is a major environmental issue in China. This paper exploits the relocation of two major power plants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972689
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The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity : Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China
Chang, Tom - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987670
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An Economic Evaluation of the Health Effects of Reducing Fine Particulate Pollution in Chinese Cities
Jin, Yana; Zhang, Shiqiu - 2018
Fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) is a leading mortality risk factor in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and many … results indicate that cities in the PRC should accelerate the fine particulate pollution control process and implement more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014111419
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Forestland Reform in China: What Do the Farmers Want? A Choice Experiment in Farmers’ Property Rights Preferences
Qin, Ping; Carlsson, Fredrik; Xu, Jinato - 2008
Various decentralization experiments are currently underway in the Chinese forestry sector. However, a key question often ignored by researchers and policymakers addresses what farmers really want from reform. This paper uses a survey-based choice experiment to investigate farmers’ preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541901
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Forestland Reform in China: What do the Farmers Want? A Choice Experiment on Farmers’ Property Rights Preferences
Qin, Pin; Carlsson, Fredrik; Xu, Jintao - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
Various decentralization experiments are currently underway in the Chinese forestry sector. However, a key question often ignored by researchers and policy makers is what farmers really want from reform. This paper addresses this question using a survey-based choice experiment. We investigated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034676
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Impact of Temperature on Morbidity : New Evidence from China
Agarwal, Sumit; Qin, Yu; Shi, Luwen; Wei, Guoxu; Zhu, … - 2021
This paper investigates the relationship between temperature and hospitalization in China. Using inpatient visit claims of two major public insurance schemes covering 47 cities in 28 provinces for three years, we see a 7.3% increase in hospital admissions on days on which the average temperature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222869
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Public and Private Provision of Clean Air : Evidence from Housing Prices and Air Quality in China
Zhang, Lin - 2019
We explore the dynamic interaction between housing prices and air quality in a growing economy with changing preferences using panel vector auto-regression. Using Chinese data, we document robust evidence that better air quality is rewarded by the market with higher housing prices and that...
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