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 …

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 to rigorously assess the …

A pervasive problem in the literature on the health costs of pollution is that optimizing individuals may compensate … for increases in pollution by reducing their exposure to protect their health. This implies that estimates of the health … effects of pollution may vastly understate the full welfare effects of pollution, particularly for individuals most at risk …

the form of residential sorting, can lead to non-random assignment of pollution, economists have employed a wide range of … quasi-experimental techniques to develop causal estimates of the effect of pollution. Second, economic research has placed a … biological and behavioral effects of pollution and for proper welfare calculations. Lastly, economic research has expanded the …