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Pollution, Health, and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from the Ports of Los Angeles

Pollution, Health, and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from the Ports of Los Angeles Abstract: A pervasive problem in estimating the costs of pollution is that optimizing individuals may compensate for increases in pollution by reducing their exposure, resulting in estimates that understate the full welfare costs. To account for this issue, measurement error, and environmental confounding, we estimate the health effects of ozone using daily boat traffic at the port of Los Angeles as an instrumental variable for ozone. We estimate that ozone causes at least $44 million in annual costs in Los Angeles from respiratory related hospitalizations alone and that the cost of avoidance behavior is at least $11 million per year. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Human Resources University of Wisconsin Press

Pollution, Health, and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from the Ports of Los Angeles

Journal of Human Resources , Volume 46 (1) – Apr 4, 2011

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Abstract

Abstract: A pervasive problem in estimating the costs of pollution is that optimizing individuals may compensate for increases in pollution by reducing their exposure, resulting in estimates that understate the full welfare costs. To account for this issue, measurement error, and environmental confounding, we estimate the health effects of ozone using daily boat traffic at the port of Los Angeles as an instrumental variable for ozone. We estimate that ozone causes at least $44 million in annual costs in Los Angeles from respiratory related hospitalizations alone and that the cost of avoidance behavior is at least $11 million per year.

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Journal of Human ResourcesUniversity of Wisconsin Press

Published: Apr 4, 2011

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