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Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China
Understanding the impacts of air pollution on public health and individual behavior is crucial for optimal environmental policy design. Using 2015 census microdata in China, this paper examined the causal effect of air pollution on working place choice. The research design relies on a regression dis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148732 |
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author | Lin, Tao Qian, Wenhao Wang, Hongwei Feng, Yu |
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description | Understanding the impacts of air pollution on public health and individual behavior is crucial for optimal environmental policy design. Using 2015 census microdata in China, this paper examined the causal effect of air pollution on working place choice. The research design relies on a regression discontinuity design based on China’s Huai River Policy. The discontinuity in air pollution caused by the Huai River Policy provides a natural experiment to estimate the impact of air pollution. The results show that air pollution significantly increases the possibility of individuals working near home. The positive effect of air pollution on working near home is more significant for women, the elderly, urban individuals and those individuals working in secondary and tertiary industries. This study improves our understanding of the health effects and avoidance behavior associated with environmental hazards, discusses the negative impact of air pollution on labor mobility and mismatch by making individuals work nearby, and emphasizes that strengthening air pollution control should be a long-term policy. |
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spelling | pubmed-93194132022-07-27 Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China Lin, Tao Qian, Wenhao Wang, Hongwei Feng, Yu Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Understanding the impacts of air pollution on public health and individual behavior is crucial for optimal environmental policy design. Using 2015 census microdata in China, this paper examined the causal effect of air pollution on working place choice. The research design relies on a regression discontinuity design based on China’s Huai River Policy. The discontinuity in air pollution caused by the Huai River Policy provides a natural experiment to estimate the impact of air pollution. The results show that air pollution significantly increases the possibility of individuals working near home. The positive effect of air pollution on working near home is more significant for women, the elderly, urban individuals and those individuals working in secondary and tertiary industries. This study improves our understanding of the health effects and avoidance behavior associated with environmental hazards, discusses the negative impact of air pollution on labor mobility and mismatch by making individuals work nearby, and emphasizes that strengthening air pollution control should be a long-term policy. MDPI 2022-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9319413/ /pubmed/35886583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148732 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lin, Tao Qian, Wenhao Wang, Hongwei Feng, Yu Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China |
title | Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China |
title_full | Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China |
title_fullStr | Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China |
title_full_unstemmed | Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China |
title_short | Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China |
title_sort | air pollution and workplace choice: evidence from china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148732 |
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