Chasing Clean Air: Pollution-Induced Travels in China
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Chen, Shuai
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Zhejiang Univ, China Acad Rural Dev CARD, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
Zhejiang Univ, Sch Publ Affairs, Hangzhou, Peoples R ChinaZhejiang Univ, China Acad Rural Dev CARD, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
Chen, Shuai
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Chen, Yuyu
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Peking Univ, Guanghua Sch Management, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaZhejiang Univ, China Acad Rural Dev CARD, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
Chen, Yuyu
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Lei, Ziteng
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Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USAZhejiang Univ, China Acad Rural Dev CARD, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
Lei, Ziteng
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Tan-Soo, Jie-Sheng
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Natl Univ Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew Sch Publ Policy, Singapore, SingaporeZhejiang Univ, China Acad Rural Dev CARD, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
Tan-Soo, Jie-Sheng
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[1] Zhejiang Univ, China Acad Rural Dev CARD, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
[2] Zhejiang Univ, Sch Publ Affairs, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
[3] Peking Univ, Guanghua Sch Management, Beijing, Peoples R China
[4] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[5] Natl Univ Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew Sch Publ Policy, Singapore, Singapore
air pollution;
short-term population movement;
avoidance cost;
averting strategy;
China;
WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY;
CLIMATE-CHANGE;
HEALTH;
MORTALITY;
EXPOSURE;
BENEFITS;
QUALITY;
INFORMATION;
DEMAND;
RISK;
D O I:
10.1086/711476
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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This study uses "big" data to empirically investigate a highly effective, but underexamined way of reducing one's exposure toward air pollution-short-term travel. We determine subscribers' locations using mobile phones' signals and thereby establish linkages between air pollution and short-term population movements between cities in China. Using an instrumental variable based on daily variation in wind directions and pollution levels from distant upwind locations, we find that a one-unit increase in the origin city's air quality index (AQI) over the destination city's AQI increases short-term population flow from origin to destination by 0.15%. Further analyses provide richer characterizations of the decision-making process behind travel movements. Our findings add to the evidence base by examining in detail an understudied behavioral response toward air pollution.
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