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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106485 |
Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34, 000 english citizens | |
Powdthavee, Nattavudh1; Oswald, Andrew J.2 | |
2020-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 169 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | It is known that people feel less happy in areas with higher levels of nitrogen dioxide NO2 (MacKerron and Mourato, 2009). What else might air pollution do to human wellbeing? This paper uses data on a standardized word-recall test that was done in the year 2011 by 34,000 randomly sampled English citizens across 318 geographical areas. We find that human memory is worse in areas where NO2 and PM10 levels are greater. The paper provides both (i) OLS results and (ii) instrumental-variable estimates that exploit the direction of the prevailing westerly wind and levels of population density. Although caution is always advisable on causal interpretation, these results are concerning and are consistent with laboratory studies of rats and other non-human animals. Our estimates suggest that the difference in memory quality between England's cleanest and most-polluted areas is equivalent to the loss of memory from 10 extra years of ageing. |
英文关键词 | Memory NO2 PM10 Air Pollution Particulates |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000510953600017 |
WOS关键词 | LIFE-SATISFACTION ; PARTICULATE MATTER ; QUALITY ; VALUATION ; EXPOSURE ; HEALTH |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/278991 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Warwick, WBS, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England; 2.Univ Warwick, Econ, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Powdthavee, Nattavudh,Oswald, Andrew J.. Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34, 000 english citizens[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2020,169. |
APA | Powdthavee, Nattavudh,&Oswald, Andrew J..(2020).Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34, 000 english citizens.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,169. |
MLA | Powdthavee, Nattavudh,et al."Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34, 000 english citizens".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 169(2020). |
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