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The effect of air pollution on migration: evidence from China | |
Shuai Chen; Paulina Oliva; Peng Zhang | |
2022-03-22 | |
出版年 | 2022 |
国家 | 瑞典 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
英文摘要 | This paper looks at the effects of air pollution on migration in China using changes in the average strength of thermal inversions over five-year periods as a source of exogenous variation for medium-run air pollution levels. Our findings suggest that air pollution is responsible for large changes in inflows and outflows of migration in China. Specifically, we find that a 10 percent increase in air pollution, holding everything else constant, is capable of reducing population through net outmigration by about 2.8 percent in a given county. We find that these inflows are primarily driven by well-educated people at the beginning of their professional careers. We also find a strong gender asymmetry in the response of mid-age adults that suggests families are splitting across counties to protect vulnerable members of the household. Our results are robust to different specifications, including a spatial lag model that accounts for localized migration spillovers and spatially correlated pollution shocks. |
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来源平台 | Environment for Development Initiative |
文献类型 | 科技报告 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/349754 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shuai Chen,Paulina Oliva,Peng Zhang. The effect of air pollution on migration: evidence from China,2022. |
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