Paulina Oliva

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution impacts labor supply and find that the closure led to a 19.7% decline in pollution, as measured by SO2, in the surrounding neighborhoods.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution impacts labor supply and find that a one percent increase in sulfur dioxide results in a 0.61 percent decrease in the hours worked.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between pollution and infant mortality using data from Mexico was estimated using a non-linear dose relationship, and the costs of avoidance behavior differ considerably between the two contexts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between pollution and infant mortality using data from Mexico was estimated using a nonlinear dose-response relationship, and they found that an increase of 1 parts per billion in carbon monoxide (CO) over the last week results in 0.0032 deaths per 100,000 births, while a 1 ǫg/m3 increase in particulate matter (PM10) results in a 0.24 infant deaths per 1000,000 birth.

TL;DR: This paper studied the effects of air pollution on migration in China using changes in the average strength of thermal inversions over five-year periods as a source of exogenous variation for medium run air pollution levels.