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Impact of work resumption on air quality after subsiding of COVID-19: evidence from China

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  • Zhang, Guoguo
  • Zhu, Jingci
  • Luo, Weijie
  • Zhang, Honghong

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This paper explores the short-run impact of work resumption, extensively launched on February 10, 2020 in China, on air quality after the subsiding of COVID-19. Utilizing the data of 1012 air-quality monitoring sites in 233 cities derived from the Real-time Release Air Quality Platform and the difference-in-differences method, we find that alternative measures of air quality index in non-Hubei provinces increase significantly, compared with those in Hubei province which was temporarily not allowed work resumption due to the severity of epidemic. Specifically, our results reveal a rise in AQI of 11.28 per cent, in PM2.5 of 12.47 per cent, in PM10 of 10.49 per cent, and in NO2 of 23.64 per cent, relative to the baseline mean. Moreover, the deterioration of air quality is found to be caused by intracity rather than intercity migration.

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  • Zhang, Guoguo & Zhu, Jingci & Luo, Weijie & Zhang, Honghong, 2022. "Impact of work resumption on air quality after subsiding of COVID-19: evidence from China," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(4), pages 374-392, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:endeec:v:27:y:2022:i:4:p:374-392_5
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