Medium- and long-term consequences of pollution on labor supply: evidence from Indonesia

Medium- and long-term consequences of pollution on labor supply: evidence from Indonesia

Abstract We use a natural experiment in Indonesia to study the medium- and long-term effects of air pollution on labor supply. We find that exposure to air pollution reduces hours worked and while the medium-term effects are larger in magnitude, some effects do persist in the long term. More interes...

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Main Authors: Younoh Kim, James Manley, Vlad Radoias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-04-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Economics
Subjects:
Air pollution
Working hours
Indonesia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40172-017-0055-2

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40172-017-0055-2

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