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Impact of work resumption on air quality after subsiding of COVID-19: evidence from China.
- Source :
- Environment & Development Economics; Aug2022, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p374-392, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper explores the short-run impact of work resumption, extensively launched on February 10, 2020 in China, on air quality after the subsiding of COVID-19. Utilizing the data of 1012 air-quality monitoring sites in 233 cities derived from the Real-time Release Air Quality Platform and the difference-in-differences method, we find that alternative measures of air quality index in non-Hubei provinces increase significantly, compared with those in Hubei province which was temporarily not allowed work resumption due to the severity of epidemic. Specifically, our results reveal a rise in AQI of 11.28 per cent, in PM2.5 of 12.47 per cent, in PM10 of 10.49 per cent, and in NO<subscript>2</subscript> of 23.64 per cent, relative to the baseline mean. Moreover, the deterioration of air quality is found to be caused by intracity rather than intercity migration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AIR quality indexes
AIR quality
COVID-19
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1355770X
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environment & Development Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157991304
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X21000309