Racial disparities in the health effects from air pollution: Evidence from ports

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/60560
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-605609
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2021
The title of a journal, publication series:	ZEW Discussion Papers
Volume:	21-058
Place of publication:	Mannheim
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: D63 , I14 , Q51 , Q53 , Q58 , R41,
Keywords (English):	air pollution, health , environmental justice , quasi-experiment , instrumental variables , regression discontinuity design
Abstract:	This study examines the uneven effects of air pollution from maritime ports on physical and mental health across racial groups. We exploit quasi-random variation in vessels in port from weather events far out in the ocean to estimate how port traffic influences air pollution and human health. We find that one additional vessel in a port over a year leads to 3.0 hospital visits per thousand Black residents within 25 miles of the port and only 1.0 per thousand for whites. We assess a port-related environmental regulation and show that the policy can help alleviate racial inequalities in health outcomes.

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BASE: Gillingham, Kenneth ; Huang, Pei

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