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Pollution and Labor Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Cities

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dc.contributor.authorJooste, Charl
dc.contributor.authorLoch-Temzelides, Ted
dc.contributor.authorSampi, James
dc.contributor.authorDudu, Hasan
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-28T19:05:04Z
dc.date.available2022-11-28T19:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the effects of pollution on labor productivity in Chile. Data on fine particulate matter pollution in Chile were collected and matched to sectoral labor productivity at the city level. The endogeneity between labor productivity and pollution is controlled for by instrumenting on the presence of coal and diesel power plants. The paper finds that pollution reduces labor productivity. A series of robustness checks demonstrate that pollution has a statistically significant effect on productivity when the analysis controls for labor costs and entry rates. The paper provides extensive evidence to support a causal interpretation of this finding. The identification strategy is based on a stylized macroeconomic model. The pollution elasticity of labor productivity is used to demonstrate how the co-benefits of reducing pollution can be incorporated into mitigation policies in a general equilibrium framework.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099812111182231939/IDU0251d91b00d0ca04c220a7a904e8be83b193d
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10236
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/38350
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10236
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEFFECT OF POLLUTION ON PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectFINE PARTICULATE POLLUTION
dc.subjectPOLLUTION MITIGATION POLICY
dc.subjectWORKING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectDEVELOPING ECONOMIES
dc.titlePollution and Labor Productivityen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Chilean Citiesen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
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okr.crossref.titlePollution and Labor Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Cities
okr.date.disclosure2022-11-18
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:48:23.000979Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-11-18T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099812111182231939/IDU0251d91b00d0ca04c220a7a904e8be83b193d
okr.guid099812111182231939
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10236
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-251d91b0-d0ca-4c22-a7a9-4e8be83b193d
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okr.region.countryChile
okr.topicEnvironment::Pollution Management & Control
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Work & Working Conditions
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Technology and Productivity
okr.unitEFI-MTI-Global Macro and Debt (EMFMD)
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