Using detailed data on the beneficiaries of the Korean National Health Insurance Service (c.2006-2015), this paper estimates the health effects of air pollution in South Korea while controlling for avoidance behaviors. In particular, I investigate changes in the respiratory hospitalization rates...

Recent studies have shown that air quality is an important amenity for population relocation in China. However, much of Chinese internal migration occurs due to non-discretionary reasons, such as government policies, family considerations, and military personnel reassignments. As such, estimates...