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The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico City / Rema Hanna, Paulina Oliva.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanna, Rema.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17302.
- NBER working paper series no. w17302
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.
- Summary:
- Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert an important influence on labor market decisions. We exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution impacts labor supply. The closure led to an 8 percent decline in pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods. We find that a one percent increase in sulfur dioxide results in a 0.61 percent decrease in the hours worked. The effects do not appear to be driven by labor demand shocks nor differential migration as a result of the closure in the areas located near the refinery.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2011.
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