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劳动经济学workshop：Running with a Mask? The Effect of Air Pollution on Marathon Runners’ Performance

发布日期：2017-04-28 10:25    来源：北京大学国家发展研究院

时间：2017年4月28日（周五）1：30－3：00 pm

地点：北大国发院/中国经济研究中心512教室

主持人：雷晓燕 张丹丹 赵耀辉 

主讲人：傅十和

题目：Running with a Mask? The Effect of Air Pollution on Marathon Runners’ Performance

摘要: Using a sample of over 0.3 million marathon runners in 37 cities and 55 races in China in 2014 and 2015, we estimate the air pollution elasticity of finish time to be 0.041; a one standard deviation increase in air pollution slows down a runner’s finish time by 2.7 minutes. Our causal identification comes from the exogeneity of air pollution on the race day because runners are required to register a few months in advance and we control for city fixed effects, seasonal effects, and weather condition on the race day. Including individual fixed effects also provides consistent evidence. Our study contributes to the emerging literature on the effect of air pollution on short-run productivity, particularly on the performance of athletes engaging outdoor sports and other workers whose jobs require physical activities.

主讲人简介：Shihe Fu received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Boston College in 2005 and is currently a professor at the Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China. He is now visiting the Center of Real Estate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Fulbright visiting scholar. His research area is urban economics focusing on housing and labor markets and urban environmental issues. His publications appear in refereed journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Strategic Management Journal.

 

 


 


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