"We saw these effects within 12 to 14 hours of when pollution levels went up".
Were the hefty additional medical expenditures, lost work hours, and cost of pollution cleanup and prevention built into the price of coal, renewable energy would look a lot more enticing.
You can spend hours following the trail of pollution, as clouds of bad air moving across cities and provinces cause the indices to rise and fall.
The effect of pollution on hours worked is negative, statistically significant, and larger in magnitude than the long-term effect.
One unit of pollution reduces hours worked by 2.46 h for women with dependents, and by 1.17 h for men with dependents after controlling for own health.
Using the Indonesian forest fires of 1997 as a natural experiment, we estimate significant negative effects of pollution on hours worked that persist over time.
We focus on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), an important pollutant for health according to the medical literature, and show that moderate levels of pollution reduce hours worked for working adults.
Within 24 hours of two separate high pollution days all participating students underwent a more detailed assessment.
The cumulative effect (over 72 hours) of a change in pollution was calculated by summing the five parameter estimates on the log scale.
According to the E.P.A., a lawn mower operating for one hour produces the same amount of pollution as a car driven for 45 miles.
