Air pollution and child development in India
In this paper, we study the impact of air pollution on child growth in India. We rely on wind direction to capture quasi-random variation in three main criteria air pollutants. We show that an increase in the average concentration of fine particulate matter by one standard deviation is accountable f...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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5 March 2022
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Journal of environmental economics and management
Year: 2022, Volume: 113, Pages: 1-20 |
| ISSN: | 1096-0449 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095069622000122 
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| Author Notes: | Anca Balietti, Souvik Datta, Stefanija Veljanoska |
| Summary: | In this paper, we study the impact of air pollution on child growth in India. We rely on wind direction to capture quasi-random variation in three main criteria air pollutants. We show that an increase in the average concentration of fine particulate matter by one standard deviation is accountable for almost 5 and 2.4 percentage points of stunting and severe stunting rates, respectively. We also find that ozone and carbon monoxide impact weight-related outcomes. Stunting has critical long-term health and economic consequences; through its impact on stunting, pollution exacerbates the height premium in earnings, with girls being more adversely affected than boys in India. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 27.06.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1096-0449 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624 |