IS CHINA'S POLLUTION THE CULPRIT FOR THE CHOKING OF SOUTH KOREA? EVIDENCE FROM THE ASIAN DUST

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jia, Ruixue; Ku, Hyejin
• 署名单位: University of London; University College London; University of London; University College London; University of California System; University of California San Diego; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/uez021
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 3154-3188
• 关键词: particulate air-pollution; infant-mortality; chemical-composition; natural experiment; life expectancy; aerosol; exposure; IMPACT; storms; seoul

摘要

This paper studies the impact of air pollution spillover from China to South Korea. To isolate the effects of cross-border pollution spillover from that of locally generated pollution, we exploit within-South Korea and over-time variation in the incidence of Asian dust-a meteorological phenomenon exogenous to district-time cells in South Korea-together with temporal variations in China's air quality. We find that conditional on being exposed to Asian dust, increased pollution in China leads to increased mortality from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in South Korean districts, with the most vulnerable being the elderly and children under five.