Productivity loss amid invisible pollution

Wang, Chunchao; Lin, Qianqian; Qiu, Yun

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102638

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“…To adjust the influence of different provinces' economic development and climatic conditions on health [30], the GDP and climate variables for each province are controlled for in Columns ( 6) and ( 7), respectively. GDP variables for each province are added to Column (6) based on controlling for all of the personal characteristics variables in Column (5). Column (7) adds climate variables based on the Column (6) control variables.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The existing literature regards air pollution as a primary restraining factor for longterm economic development. The main mechanisms include damage to physical and mental health [1,2], a decrease in labor productivity [3][4][5], a decline in family income [6], an increase in social medical expenditures [7], and annual direct GDP losses [8,9]. Among all pollution sources, coal-dependent industries are the main source of anthropogenic emissions, which affect residents' health by increasing cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity [10][11][12].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Residents’ Health Effect of Environmental Regulations in Coal-Dependent Industries: Empirical Evidence from China’s Cement Industry

Jia

Luo

2023

Sustainability

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Coal-dependent industries are the economic pillar of many countries; however, their contribution to air pollution also restricts long-term economic development. While the negative effects of environmental regulations on coal-dependent industries has attracted much attention, the health effects of such regulations remains barely quantitatively studied. Our study is based on a quasi-natural experiment created by a command-and-control policy in China’s cement industry, whereby cement enterprises are forced to stop production for a specific period of time every year. This paper adopted DID methods and found that direct pollution control measures for coal-dependent industries could significantly improve residents’ health levels and that the resultant reduction in medical expenditures could save 456.8 RMB yuan per capita per year. Additionally, our mechanism analysis found that the COPP is beneficial to residents’ health in that it reduces air pollution and sewage treatment rates. This means that pollution from coal-dependent industries has a large and underestimated impact on residents’ health. Environmental regulation of the coal-dependent industry could greatly improve the health of residents.

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Residents’ Health Effect of Environmental Regulations in Coal-Dependent Industries: Empirical Evidence from China’s Cement Industry

Jia

Luo

2023

Sustainability

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“…In terms of research on air pollution and productivity, C. Wang et al (2022) find that a 1 standard deviation increase in daily ozone pollution decreases courier productivity by 6.8%.…”

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Carbon Emission, Air Pollution, and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

Chen,

Kong,

Wang

2023

SAGE Open

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Based on the instrumental variable method and the panel data of 283 prefecture-level cities in China from 2004 to 2016, we explore the relationship between carbon emission, air pollution, and total factor productivity (TFP). The results show that: (1) Both carbon emission-induced and air pollution-induced environmental regulations positively promote TFP. For every 1% increase in the two indicators of the intensity of environmental regulation, carbon emission, and air pollution, TFP will increase by 1.7150 percentage points and 0.6366 percentage points respectively. (2) Carbon emission-induced and air pollution-induced environmental regulation have similar coefficients on TFP, indicating that the effects of the two are synergistic. Carbon emission has a greater impact on TFP, so enhancing environmental regulation on carbon emission can better promote the improvement of TFP. (3) Financial scale and government intervention have a significant intermediary effect between environmental regulation in both aspects and TFP.

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“…Several researchers have argued that the influences of competition, trade patterns, distribution of economic activity, product styles, and consumer strength are central elements of the shipping market. Another research explored the influence of the dynamic shipping industry on the distribution of trade and the level of economic activity [21]. To devise pollution reduction strategies, the baseline and projected output of pollutants, such as baseline and future emissions, are estimated in emission inventories.…”

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Assessing carbon emissions reduction by incorporating automated monitoring system during transit: a case study

Efimova¹,

Saini²

2023

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The green concept in operations is becoming an inevitable part of global maritime logistics activities and has an important influence on the improvement of efficiency and environmental performance. This paper aims to assess the continuous monitoring and tracking of container shipments at the ports in order to reduce carbon emissions thus improving environmental performance. In this research, near real-time RFID data tracing and tracking container cargo are shared by the automated monitoring system. The collected data gathered via digitalization is further analyzed to ensure a greener maritime logistics system. The significant findings of the study for the literature show that the actual fuel consumption is reduced when automated monitoring systems are used at the ports (Ports and CFS (Container freight station)). The reduced fuel consumption during the transit between the ports and CFS has resulted in a reduction in carbon emissions of environmental performance. The results show a 6 % reduction in emissions from port to CFS and 23% from CFS to ports. Thus, effective practices in Green Logistics are considered to be beneficial for carbon emissions. These findings contribute to the understanding and development of effective strategies for logistic operations using technologies to create a green performance. The study was performed in a certain set of environmental dimensions and the results may vary depending on the organization, which can be studied further in future research.

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Productivity loss amid invisible pollution

Cited by 35 publications

References 48 publications

Residents’ Health Effect of Environmental Regulations in Coal-Dependent Industries: Empirical Evidence from China’s Cement Industry

Residents’ Health Effect of Environmental Regulations in Coal-Dependent Industries: Empirical Evidence from China’s Cement Industry

Carbon Emission, Air Pollution, and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

Assessing carbon emissions reduction by incorporating automated monitoring system during transit: a case study

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