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The medical literature documents adverse health effects of acute exposure to diesel exhaust, yet quasi … differentiated impacts on the megacity's traffic, air quality and public health. We combine rich panel data on road congestion … congestion, pollution, and hospitalizations, with effects attenuating at increasing distances from a key inner-city corridor used …
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It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and … of a commonly used improved stove that laboratory tests showed to reduce indoor air pollution and require less fuel. We … functioning or health and there is no change in fuel consumption (and presumably greenhouse gas emissions). The difference between …
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We estimate the causal impact of air pollution on the incidence of sick leaves in a representative panel of employees … workers with low job security. Our estimates are instrumental for quantifying air pollution damages due to changes in labor …
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We estimate how acute air pollution exposure from wildfire smoke impacts human health in the U.S., allowing for …. Smaller pollution shocks have outsized health impacts, indicating significant health benefits from improving air quality, even …
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effects of air pollution on health and mortality. There is also some evidence that air pollution may have negative non-health …Air pollution is an increasing cause of concern among the scientific community, policymakers and the general public …. This interest has led to a sharp increase in the number of scientific papers on air pollution. This paper provides a …
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This paper explores how perceptional changes in exposure to air pollution impact the values of real assets in a housing … market. Given a revised air pollution standard due to an environmental policy shock in South Korea, the existing indicators … air pollution. Using data on nearly 1.5 million transactions of residential properties during 2016-2018, we employ a …
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ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat-health … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme …
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) and rely on variations in pollution level and health diseases between interviews over time for the same individual. The … effects of air pollution on individuals' health diseases are estimated and their monetary value is calculated. In particular …This study explores the effects of air pollution on specific diseases. Moreover, this study explores the willingness to …
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The Great Lakes and their tributaries make up the largest freshwater system on the planet, providing drinking water and recreational value to millions of people. Yet manufacturing plants have left a legacy of toxic pollutants in the region, creating the stigma of the "Rust Belt." In 1987, the...
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Although the U.S. spends billions of dollars a year controlling water pollution, there is little empirical evidence of … comparable benefits. This study argues that measurement error in pollution data causes benefits to be underestimated. Using … nutrient pollution. Instrumental variable estimates of the effects of phosphorus on recreational use are an order of magnitude …
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