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Air Pollution, Health Impact and Willingness to Pay for Clean Air in China

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dc.contributor.authorRao, Deyu
dc.contributor.chairLi, Shanjun
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBarwick, Panle Jia
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-07T12:48:35Z
dc.date.available2017-07-07T12:48:35Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-30
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding the health impact of air pollution is critical for understanding the benefit of environmental regulations. While there is a rich literature from epidemiology and economics that quantify the mortality risk of air pollution, the morbidity impact of air pollution especially in developing countries is not well understood. This paper examines both the short- and long-term impacts of PM2.5 on morbidity based on daily card spending in hospitals and drugstores in nearly 300 cities. To address the potential endogeneity in air pollution, we construct an IV by leveraging the spatial spillovers of air pollution due to long-range transport. Our analysis shows that PM2.5 has significant impacts on health spending in both short term (within a week) and longer term (within three months). A reduction of 10 ug/m3 in daily PM2.5 could lead to a total annual savings of at least 75 billion yuan($11 billion) in health spending in China.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/X44Q7S4Q
dc.identifier.otherRao_cornell_0058O_10098
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:10098
dc.identifier.otherbibid: 9948813
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/51590
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectAvoidance Behavior
dc.subjectHealth Impact
dc.subjectWillingness to Pay
dc.subjectAir Pollution
dc.subjectEnvironmental economics
dc.titleAir Pollution, Health Impact and Willingness to Pay for Clean Air in China
dc.typedissertation or thesis
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Economics and Management
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelMaster of Science
thesis.degree.nameM.S., Applied Economics and Management

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