Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers

被引：386

作者：

Chang, Tom ^{[1
]}

Zivin, Joshua Graff ^{[2
]}

Gross, Tal ^{[3
,4
]}

Neidell, Matthew ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Southern Calif, Marshall Sch Business, Dept Finance & Business Econ, 3670 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA

[2] Univ Calif San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr,MC 0519, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[3] Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, 722 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 USA

[4] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY | 2016年 / 8卷 / 03期

关键词：

AIR-POLLUTION; HEALTH; PERFORMANCE; PARTICLES; EXPOSURE; FILTERS; TEMPERATURE; REGRESSION; IMPACT; MATTER;

D O I：

10.1257/pol.20150085

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We study the effect of outdoor air pollution on the productivity of indoor workers at a pear-packing factory. Increases in fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a pollutant that readily penetrates indoors, leads to significant decreases in productivity, with effects arising at levels below air quality standards. In contrast, pollutants that do not travel indoors, such as ozone, have little, if any, effect on productivity. This effect of outdoor pollution on indoor worker productivity suggests an overlooked consequence of pollution. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest the labor savings from nationwide reductions in PM2.5 generated a sizable fraction of total welfare benefits.

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页数：29

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