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Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges

Deschenes, Olivier; Meng, Kyle C. - 2018

This paper examines the application of quasi-experimental methods in environmental economics. We begin with two observations: i) standard quasi-experimental methods, first applied in other microeconomic fields, typically assume unit-level treatments that do not spill over across units; (ii)...

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Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates

Halliday, Timothy J.; Lynham, John; de Paula, Aureo - 2015

pollutants on health. To circumvent this, we use emissions from Kīlauea volcano, uncorrelated with other pollution sources, to … young. No strong effects for SO2 pollution or cardiovascular outcomes are found. Since 2008, the volcano has increased …

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The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China

Chang, Tom; Graff Zivin, Joshua; Gross, Tal; Neidell, … - 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 …

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Temperature and Mental Health: Evidence from the Spectrum of Mental Health Outcomes

Mullins, Jamie; White, Corey - 2019

This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that higher temperatures increase emergency department visits for mental illness, suicides, and self-reported days of poor mental health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce...

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A Review of the Circular Economy and its Implementation

Heshmati, Almas - 2015

Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...

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Air Pollution and the Labor Market: Evidence from Wildfire Smoke

Borgschulte, Mark; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - 2022

We study how air pollution impacts the U.S. labor market by analyzing effects of drifting wildfire smoke that can … welfare cost of lost earnings due to air pollution exposure is on par with standard valuations of the mortality burden. The … findings suggest that labor market channels warrant greater consideration in policy responses to air pollution. …

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The Morbidity Costs of Air Pollution through the Lens of Health Spending in China

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xun; Liu, Yuehua; Zhao, Xintong; Chen, Xi - 2022

This study is one of the first investigating the causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates (PM2.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance program in Wuhan, China. Our instrumental variable (IV)...

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Air Pollution and Respiratory Infectious Diseases

Provenzano, Sandro; Roth, Sefi; Sager, Lutz - 2023

Recent research suggests that short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an elevated prevalence of …

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Blowin' in the Wind of an Invisible Killer: Long-Term Exposure to Ozone and Respiratory Mortality in the United States

Liu, Ziheng; Chen, Xi; Lu, Qinan - 2023

In light of the low public awareness of ozone pollution and the potential health threats posed by long-term ozone …

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"Invisible Killer": Seasonal Allergies and Accidents

Akesaka, Mika; Shigeoka, Hitoshi - 2023

Although at least 400 million people suffer from seasonal allergies worldwide, the adverse effects of pollen on "non-health" outcomes, such as cognition and productivity, are relatively understudied. Using ambulance archives from Japan, we demonstrate that high pollen days are associated with...

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