1. Impact of work resumption on air quality after subsiding of COVID-19: evidence from China.
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Zhang, Guoguo, Zhu, Jingci, Luo, Weijie, and Zhang, Honghong
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AIR quality indexes ,AIR quality ,COVID-19 - Abstract
This paper explores the short-run impact of work resumption, extensively launched on February 10, 2020 in China, on air quality after the subsiding of COVID-19. Utilizing the data of 1012 air-quality monitoring sites in 233 cities derived from the Real-time Release Air Quality Platform and the difference-in-differences method, we find that alternative measures of air quality index in non-Hubei provinces increase significantly, compared with those in Hubei province which was temporarily not allowed work resumption due to the severity of epidemic. Specifically, our results reveal a rise in AQI of 11.28 per cent, in PM2.5 of 12.47 per cent, in PM10 of 10.49 per cent, and in NO
2 of 23.64 per cent, relative to the baseline mean. Moreover, the deterioration of air quality is found to be caused by intracity rather than intercity migration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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