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Air Pollution and Adult Cognition: Evidence from Brain Training / Andrea La Nauze, Edson R. Severnini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- La Nauze, Andrea.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28785.
- NBER working paper series no. w28785
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.
- Summary:
- We exploit novel data from brain-training games to examine the impacts of air pollution on a comprehensive set of cognitive skills in adults. We find that exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) impairs adult cognitive function, and that these effects are largest for those in prime working age. These results confirm a hypothesized mechanism for the impacts of air pollution on workforce productivity. We also find that the cognitive effects are largest for new tasks and for those with low ability, suggesting that air pollution increases inequality in productivity.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 2021.
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