Air pollution, educational achievements, and human capital formation

Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

“… 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 Besides endangering health and shortening lifespan, air pollution adversely affects economic productivity. 6 , 7 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for reduction of the burden of deaths and diseases from air pollution. 8…”

Assessing a fossil fuels externality with a new neural networks and image optimisation algorithm: the case of atmospheric pollutants as confounders to COVID-19 lethality

“…Above all, agricultural outputs (notably wheat and rice) were found to be negatively influenced by short-lived climate pollutants and long-lived Greenhouse Gases (GHG), causing major crop yields and productivity losses (Agrawal et al, 2003;Burney and Ramanathan, 2014;Tai and Martin, 2017). In addition, air pollution was found to be associated with a decline in educational achievements and cognitive performance, disrupting the long-run human capital formation (Ebenstein et al, 2016;Roth, 2017;Zhang et al, 2018;Sager, 2019). Moreover, air pollution was revealed as a substantial driver of overall crime and on several major crime categories, including those with economic motives (Herrnstadt and Muehlegger, 2015;Bondy et al, 2020;Chen and Li, 2020), but also mental health issues (Buoli et al, 2018;Chen et al, 2018;Lim et al, 2018).…”

Real-time information on air pollution and avoidance behavior: evidence from South Korea

“…Many studies have investigated the health effects of PM, which is associated with morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases (Pope and Dockery 2006;EPA 2014). PM also negatively affects non-health aspects, such as human capital formation, cognitive abilities, and labor productivity (Neidell 2017;Roth 2017;Shier et al 2019). PM is the most significant threat among the air pollutants in South Korea.…”