de Paula, Aureo;
(2025)
Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Air Pollution on Student Test Scores.
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
10.1111/obes.70001.
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Abstract
We pair variation stemming from volcanic eruptions with the census of Hawai‘i’s public schools student test scores to estimate the impact of PM2.5 and SO2 on student performance. Increased particulate pollution decreases test scores. These results are concentrated among schools with the highest longterm average levels of pollution. The effects of PM2.5 are larger for the poorest pupils by a factor of at least three. We demonstrate that poor air quality disproportionately impacts the human capital accumulation of economically disadvantaged children.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Air Pollution on Student Test Scores |
| DOI: | 10.1111/obes.70001 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.70001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Vog, Particulates, Test Scores, Kriging, Environmental Justice JEL Classification: I22, I24, Q52 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10209211 |
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