Environment, health, and human capital

J Graff Zivin, M Neidell - Journal of economic literature, 2013 - pubs.aeaweb.org
In this review, we discuss three major contributions economists have made to our
understanding of the relationship between the environment and individual well-being. First …

This is air: The “nonhealth” effects of air pollution

S Aguilar-Gomez, H Dwyer, J Graff Zivin… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
A robust body of evidence shows that air pollution exposure is detrimental to health
outcomes, often measured as deaths and hospitalizations. This literature has focused less …

Pollution, health, and avoidance behavior: evidence from the ports of Los Angeles

E Moretti, M Neidell - Journal of human Resources, 2011 - jhr.uwpress.org
A pervasive problem in estimating the costs of pollution is that optimizing individuals may
compensate for increases in pollution by reducing their exposure, resulting in estimates that …

Measuring the health effects of air pollution: to what extent can we really say that people are dying from bad air?

G Koop, L Tole - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004 - Elsevier
Estimation of the effects of environmental impacts is a major focus of current theoretical and
policy research in environmental economics. Such estimates are used to set regulatory …

Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods.

MS O'Neill, M Jerrett, I Kawachi, JI Levy… - Environmental …, 2003 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
The effects of both ambient air pollution and socioeconomic position (SEP) on health are
well documented. A limited number of recent studies suggest that SEP may itself play a role …

Economic growth and the environment: a review of theory and empirics

WA Brock, MS Taylor - Handbook of economic growth, 2005 - Elsevier
The relationship between economic growth and the environment is, and will always remain,
controversial. Some see the emergence of new pollution problems, the lack of success in …

[图书][B] Ecological Indicators: Volume 1

DH McKenzie, DE Hyatt, VJ McDonald - 2012 - books.google.com
Today environmental problems of unprecedented magnitude confront planet earth. The
sobering fact is that a whole range of human activities is affecting our global environment as …

Socioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortality

CQ Ou, AJ Hedley, RY Chung, TQ Thach, YK Chau… - Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
This study aimed to determine whether individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES)
were more susceptible to the acute effects of ambient air pollution than those with higher …

Power, proximity, and physiology: does income inequality and racial composition amplify the impacts of air pollution on life expectancy in the United States?

AK Jorgenson, TD Hill, B Clark… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This study advances research at the intersection of environmental degradation, social
stratification, and population health in the United States. Expanding the theoretical principles …

Environmental justice: Establishing causal relationships

HS Banzhaf, L Ma, C Timmins - Annual Review of Resource …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The environmental justice literature has found that the poor and people of color are
disproportionately exposed to pollution. This literature has sparked a broad activist …