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Air Pollution Reduces Economic Activity: Evidence from India

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dc.contributor.authorBehrer, A. Patrick
dc.contributor.authorChoudhary, Rishabh
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Dhruv
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-18T17:45:37Z
dc.date.available2023-07-18T17:45:37Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-18
dc.description.abstractExposure to fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) increases mortality and morbidity and reduces human capital formation and worker productivity. As a consequence, high levels of particulate pollution may adversely affect economic activity. Using a novel dataset of changes in the annual gross domestic product of Indian districts, this paper investigates the impact of changes in the level of ambient PM2.5 on district-level gross domestic product. Using daily temperature inversions as an instrument for pollution exposure, this paper finds that higher levels of particulate pollution reduce gross domestic product. The effect is non-trivial—the median annual increase in the level of PM2.5 reduces year-to-year changes in gross domestic product by 0.56 percentage points.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099710506302335471/IDU0536186520dc340403409fb001cfc637a9368
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10515
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40030
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10515
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectPARTICULATE POLLUTION
dc.subjectGDP DECLINE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleAir Pollution Reduces Economic Activityen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Indiaen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleAir Pollution Reduces Economic Activity: Evidence from India
okr.date.disclosure2023-06-30
okr.date.lastmodified2023-06-30T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099710506302335471/IDU0536186520dc340403409fb001cfc637a9368
okr.guid099710506302335471
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-53618652-dc34-4034-9fb0-1cfc637a9368
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10515
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10515
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10515
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34109723
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34109723
okr.identifier.reportWPS10515
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099710506302335471/pdf/IDU0536186520dc340403409fb001cfc637a9368.pdfen
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicEnvironment::Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.unitDEC-Sustainability & Infrastruct (DECSI)
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