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47 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17961
Blowin’ in the Wind: Smog and Suicidal Ideation among School-Age Children
Xin Zhang, Xi Chen, Hong Sun, Yuanjian Yang
published in: China Economic Review, 2025, 93, 102478
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17942
The Value of a Park in Crises: Quantifying the Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Green Spaces Using Exogenous Variations in Use Values
Christian Krekel, Jan Goebel, Katrin Rehdanz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17795
For the Future of Our Grandchildren: Grandparenthood and Climate Change Concerns
Lieke Voorintholt, Gerard J. van den Berg, Adriaan R. Soetevent
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17272
High Temperatures and Workplace Injuries
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16718
Using Life Satisfaction and Happiness Data for Environmental Valuation: An Experienced Preference Approach
Susana Ferreira, Mirko Moro, Heinz Welsch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16716
Measuring Job Risks When Hedonic Wage Models Do Not Do the Job
Susana Ferreira, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin, Amaya Erro-Garcés
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2025, 130, 103120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16431
The Impact of High Temperatures on Performance in Work-Related Activities
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 87, 102509
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16403
"Invisible Killer": Seasonal Allergies and Accidents
Mika Akesaka, Hitoshi Shigeoka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16253
Fatal Errors: The Mortality Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts
Jeffrey G. Shrader, Laura Bakkensen, Derek Lemoine
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16247
Access to Guns in the Heat of the Moment: More Restrictive Gun Laws Mitigate the Effect of Temperature on Violence
Jonathan Colmer, Jennifer Doleac
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 November 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16175
Temperature and Joint Time Use
Sam Cosaert, Adrián Nieto, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15996
Determinants of Heat Risk in an Aging Population: A Machine Learning Approach
Hannah Klauber, Nicolas Koch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15981
Blowin' in the Wind of an Invisible Killer: Long-Term Exposure to Ozone and Respiratory Mortality in the United States
Ziheng Liu, Xi Chen, Qinan Lu
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 53 (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15972
Temperature and Low-Stakes Cognitive Performance
Xin Zhang, Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang
published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2024, 11 (1), 75–96
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15959
Energy Price Shocks and the Demand for Energy-Efficient Housing: Evidence from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Nils Braakmann, Bahadir Dursun, Harry Pickard
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15947
Air Pollution and Respiratory Infectious Diseases
Sandro Provenzano, Sefi Roth, Lutz Sager
published in: Environmental and Resource Economics, 2024, 87, 1127–1139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15939
Willingness to Pay for Carbon Mitigation: Field Evidence from the Market for Carbon Offsets
Matthias Rodemeier
This version: March 2024.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15839
The Morbidity Costs of Air Pollution through the Lens of Health Spending in China
Xin Zhang, Xun Zhang, Yuehua Liu, Xintong Zhao, Xi Chen
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 1269–1292
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15373
Air Pollution and the Labor Market: Evidence from Wildfire Smoke
Mark Borgschulte, David Molitor, Eric Yongchen Zou
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (6), 1558–1575.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14599
On the Short-Term Impact of Pollution: The Effect of PM 2.5 on Emergency Room Visits
Evangelina Dardati, Ramiro de Elejalde, Eugenio Giolito
revised version published in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (3), 482 - 508
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14518
Fighting Climate Change: The Role of Norms, Preferences, and Moral Values
Peter Andre, Teodora Boneva, Felix Chopra, Armin Falk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14376
Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (2), 220-248
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14201
The Effect of Absolute versus Relative Temperature on Health and the Role of Social Care
Giuliano Masiero, Fabrizio Mazzonna, Michael Santarossa
published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (6), 1228-1248
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13959
Quantifying the Externalities of Renewable Energy Plants Using Wellbeing Data: The Case of Biogas
Christian Krekel, Julia Rechlitz, Johannes Rode, Alexander Zerrahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13946
Environmental Engagement, Religion and Spirituality in the Context of Secularization
Marie Briguglio, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman
published in: Environmental Research Letters, 2020, 15 (10), 15 104098
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12986
The Impact of Air Pollution on Attributable Risks and Economic Costs of Hospitalization for Mental Disorders
Ziting Wu, Xi Chen, Guoxing Li, Lin Tian, Zhan Wang, Xiuqin Xiong, Chuan Yang, Zijun Zhou, Xiaochuan Pan
published as 'Attributable risk and economic cost of hospital admissions for mental disorders due to PM2.5 in Beijing' in: Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 718, 137274
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12917
The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Temperature Extremes on Birth Outcomes
Xi Chen, Chih Ming Tan, Xiaobo Zhang, Xin Zhang
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 1263 - 1302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12877
Prenatal Sunshine Exposure and Birth Outcomes in China
Xin Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Xi Chen, Xun Zhang
published as 'Associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China' in: Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 713, 136472
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12838
The Health Costs of Coal-Fired Power Plants in India
Geoffrey Barrows, Teevrat Garg, Akshaya Jha
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12654
Depression in the House: The Effects of Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use in China
Yan Liu, Xi Chen, Zhijun Yan
published as 'Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China' in: Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 703, 134706
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12603
Temperature and Mental Health: Evidence from the Spectrum of Mental Health Outcomes
Jamie Mullins, Corey White
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12313
The Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution on Subjective Well-being in China
Xin Zhang, Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang
longer version published in: D.Maddison, K. Rehdanz, H. Welsch (eds.): Handbook on Well-being, Happiness, and the Environment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11921
Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making
Xi Chen
published in: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019, 8 (2), 76 - 80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11797
Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges
Olivier Deschenes, Kyle C. Meng
published in: Handbook of Environmental Economics, 2018, Volume 4, 285-332
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11134
Severe Air Pollution and School Absences: Longitudinal Data on Expatriates in North China
Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10873
The Value of a Healthy Home: Lead Paint Remediation and Housing Values
Stephen B. Billings, Kevin T. Schnepel
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 153, 69 - 81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10628
Smog in Our Brains: Gender Differences in the Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance
Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang, Xin Zhang
published as 'The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance' in: PNAS, 2018, 115 (37), 9193 - 9197.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10028
Valuing Air Quality Using Happiness Data: The Case of China
Xin Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xi Chen
published in: Ecological Economics, 2017, 137, 29 - 36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10027
The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China
Tom Chang, Joshua Graff Zivin, Tal Gross, Matthew Neidell
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (1), 151-172
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9862
How Do Households Discount over Centuries? Evidence from Singapore's Private Housing Market
Eric Fesselmeyer, Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9398
Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates
Timothy J. Halliday, John Lynham, Aureo de Paula
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (620),1782–1816,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9312
Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?
Xin Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xi Chen
pubished as 'Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 85, 81 - 94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8964
Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer
Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel, Eric Sommer
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 54-66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8916
Severe Air Pollution and Labor Productivity: Evidence from Industrial Towns in China
Jiaxiu He, Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (1), 173–201
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7875
The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Maike Schmitt, Martin Karlsson
revised version published as: Karlsson, M.; Zierbarth, N.R., 'Population health effects and health-related costs of extreme temperatures: Comprehensive evidence from Germany' in:Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 91, 93-117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6732
Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe
Susana Ferreira, Alpaslan Akay, Finbarr Brereton, Juncal Cuñado, Peter Martinsson, Mirko Moro
published in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 88, 1-10
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4478
The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation
Bruno S. Frey, Simon Luechinger, Alois Stutzer
published in: Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2010, 2, 139-160
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