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Urban Air Pollution and Morbidity: A Retrospective Approach

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  • Bart Ostro

    (Office of Policy Analysis, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460)

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Concern for efficiency in environmental policy and the recent Executive Order of the President have increased the importance of determining the risk of illness for exposure to urban air pollution. This paper uses data collected at the individual level to estimate the impact of air pollution on either work loss or days of restricted activity. The multiple regression analysis used in this study indicates that increases in air pollution are associated with increases in acute morbidity that result in work loss. In addition, the analysis suggests that urban factors, climate, and occupational exposure do not appear to confound the estimated relationship between air pollution and morbidity.

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  • Bart Ostro, 1983. "Urban Air Pollution and Morbidity: A Retrospective Approach," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 20(3), pages 343-351, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:20:y:1983:i:3:p:343-351
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988320080571
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    1. Gerking, Shelby & Schulze, William, 1981. "What Do We Know about Benefits of Reduced Mortality from Air Pollution Control?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 71(2), pages 228-234, May.
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    2. Edoardo Porto & Joanna Kopinska & Alessandro Palma, 2021. "Labor market effects of dirty air. Evidence from administrative data," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 38(3), pages 887-921, October.
    3. Samakovlis, Eva & Huhtala, Anni & Bellander, Tom & Svartengren, Magnus, 2005. "Valuing health effects of air pollution--Focus on concentration-response functions," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(2), pages 230-249, September.

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