Posts tagged with 'pollution'
July 3, 2020
Poor air quality increases COVID-19 deaths
Moving at-risk patients out of polluted areas could reduce the case fatality rate
November 15, 2019
How traffic pollution affects children’s academic performance
Lower test scores, more behavioral incidents, and more absences
October 4, 2019
Indoor air pollution hampers cognitive performance
Chess players make more mistakes when breathing dirtier air
May 27, 2019
How environmental policies affect the labor market
IZA workshop evaluated the costs and benefits of reducing pollution and mitigating global warming
April 26, 2018
Air pollution increases crime in London
Higher levels of air pollution in London increase the rate of most types of crime in the capital and, in […]
January 8, 2016
Award-winning paper on the costs of environmental policy
The study by Reed Walker (UC Berkeley) on “The Transitional Costs of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence from the Clean Air Act […]
October 12, 2015
Mental health costs of access to unsafe drinking water
Fulfilling one of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals five years before schedule, 2.6 billion people gained access to sources of […]
April 17, 2015
Air pollution impairs productivity of professional soccer players
Air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death. Annual costs of environmental damage for the European countries […]
January 24, 2014
Global warming: one hot day costs up to 70 cents per capita
With rising temperatures, sea levels and more and more episodes of extreme weather, most people agree that the global climate […]
September 2, 2013
What is the right price of clean air?
How much are people willing to pay for clean air? Driven by this question, empirical economists have come up with […]