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dc.titleResearch Insights: How Does Exposure to High Concentrations of Air Pollution Affect Daily Labor Supply, and Do These Effects Differ Across the Income Distribution?
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Bridget
dc.contributor.authorRud, Juan Pablo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2025-05-30T00:05:00
dc.date.issue2025-05-30T00:05:00
dc.description.abstractOn days with high pollution, workers reduce their labor supply, with highincome workers decreasing hours worked more than low-income workers. Workers partially compensate for lost hours of work on high-pollution days by increasing labor supply on subsequent days, and this intertemporal adjustment is more pronounced among high-income workers. When high pollution persists across days, the response to contemporaneous pollution decreases, with low-income workers reducing their response quicker than high-income workers.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013543
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-How-Does-Exposure-to-High-Concentrations-of-Air-Pollution-Affect-Daily-Labor-Supply-and-Do-These-Effects-Differ-Across-the-Income-Distribution.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectAir Quality
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectHealthy Lifestyle
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectLabor Supply
dc.subjectUrban Area
dc.subject.jelcodeQ52 - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs • Distributional Effects • Employment Effects
dc.subject.jelcodeQ53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
dc.subject.jelcodeJ22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
dc.subject.jelcodeI14 - Health and Inequality
dc.subject.keywordsAir pollution;Labor Supply;Informal workers;health
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-01068
idb.operationRG-K1415
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