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Local Air Pollution and Distributive Justice: Cross-Country Evidence Location: B131 Session Chair: Luis Sarmiento, ETH Zurich | |
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Breathing Inequality? Unmasking the Gendered Impact of Air Pollution on Labor Supply University of Southampton Delhi, India This paper examines the impact of air pollution (PM2.5) on labor supply in India with a focus on gender-based differences. Using high-resolution satellite-derived PM2.5 data and nationally representative employment surveys, we estimate the impact of short-term exposure to PM2.5 levels on work hours and earnings. We find that air pollution reduces labor supply with effects varying by gender. While men experience a temporary decline in weekly hours worked by around one hour at moderate pollution levels, their labor supply levels off at extreme pollution levels. In contrast, women experience a continuous decline in both work hours and earnings as pollution levels rise. Women in urban areas and older women show greater vulnerability to extreme levels of PM2.5. Higher pollution levels can emerge as an additional factor contributing to gender disparities in workforce participation. | |