@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16552,
            	author={Jafarov, Jafar and Singh, Tejendra P. and Sahoo, Soham},
            	title={Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from India},
            	year={2023},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16552},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp16552},
	abstract={We investigate how air pollution impacts outdoor activity avoidance, leveraging changes in local wind direction in an instrumental variable setup for causal identification. Our findings reveal a substantial reduction in time spent outdoors during polluted days, mainly driven by decreased engagement in employment-related activities. This effect varies significantly across age, education level, usual principal activity status, consumption expenditure, and residential location. Moreover, reduced outdoor time due to air pollution can potentially promote a more equitable allocation of unpaid caregiving responsibilities within households via increased male involvement. Our results rule out information provision as the primary mechanism and remain robust under various sensitivity tests.},
	keywords={air pollution;time-use;labor supply;intrahousehold bargaining;avoidance behavior;India},
            }