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Air Pollution 2: Policies and Outcomes Location: B005 Session Chair: Yuhang Pan, Peking University | |
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Clean Air in the Classroom: Environmental Inputs and Human Capital Formation 1: New York University (AD), United Arab Emirates; 2: University of British Columbia; 3: University of Western Australia Poor air quality causes substantial health issues and cognitive harm, particularly to the young. We conducted an RCT providing air purifiers to grade-2 classrooms in Lahore, Pakistan. The intervention initially reduced indoor PM2.5 concentrations by 25\%, from a base of 191 $\mu g/m^3$; and caused large gains in test scores (0.15 SD) three weeks after installation, accompanied by improvements in classroom behavior. Gains are concentrated in math and fluid intelligence, with no improvement in English or crystallized intelligence. However, six weeks later, the treatment becomes ineffective, ceasing to improve air quality and resulting in no detectable gains in test scores. | |