Air Pollution and Sick-leaves |
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Authors: | Anett C. Hansen Harald K. Selte |
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Affiliation: | (1) Research Department, Statistics Norway, P.O. Box 8131 Dep., N–0033 Oslo, Norway;(2) Norwegian Competition Authority, P.O. Box 8132 Dep., N–0033 Oslo |
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Abstract: | During the last decade an increasing amount of studies have investigatedthe relationship between air pollution and human health effects. In thisstudy we investigate how these effects in turn induce reduced labourproductivity in terms of sick-leaves, which is an important factor inassessment of air pollution costs in urban areas. For this purpose weemploy a logit model along with data on sick-leaves from a large office inOslo and different air pollutants. Our results indicate that sick-leaves aresignificantly associated with particulate matter (PM10), while theassociations with SO2 and NO2, are more ambiguous. We also tryto estimate the induced social costs in terms of lost labour productivity andincreased governmental expenditures, although these estimates are moreuncertain. |
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Keywords: | air pollution logit specification PM10 work loss days |
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