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 …

Highlights•This review (178 published articles) systematically examines the psychological,
economic, and social effects of air pollution.•It is important to distinguish between the effects …

Background Africa is undergoing both an environmental and an epidemiological transition.
Household air pollution is the predominant form of air pollution, but it is declining, whereas …

Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past two decades, threatening to
undo substantial air quality improvements. We investigate the relationship between wildfire …

We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing
on two call centers in China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to …

The relationship between sport and the natural environment is bidirectional and critical to
the production of sport products, events, and experiences. Researchers have studied sport …

The decade from 2010 to 2019 marked a significant turning point in China's approach to
environmental regulation and pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and …

We provide nationwide causal estimates of air pollution's effect on short-run productivity for
China's manufacturing sector from 1998 to 2007. Using thermal inversions as an instrument …

We estimate the effect of short-term air pollution exposure (PM 2.5 and ozone) on several
categories of crime, with a particular emphasis on aggressive behavior. To identify this …

We analyze the impact of outdoor temperature on high-stakes decisions (immigration
adjudications) made by professional decision-makers (US immigration judges). In our …