This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2.5, a dominant source of air pollution in China. By matching … interviews in China, we are able to estimate the relationship between local concentration of particulate matter and individual … willing to pay ¥539 ($88, or 3.8% of annual household per capita income) for a 1 μg/m3 reduction in PM2.5 per year per person. …

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 …

Four decades of rapid economic expansion in China has generated enormous pressure on the environment, natural resources …