Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278927 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16229
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Historically coal has offered both benefits and costs to urban areas. Benefits include coal's role in fueling industry and thus employment. The primary costs are air pollution and its impact on human health. This paper starts by using a Rosen-Roback style model to examine how differences in local coal availability affect equilibrium city employment. Drawing on the model, the paper surveys papers that examine the net effects of coal on the growth in city population and air pollution on health. The paper then turns to papers that explicitly consider the trade-offs between production benefits and pollution disamenities across space and over time. The paper ends with a discussion of opportunities for future work on coal and cities in historical settings.
Subjects: 
coal availability
local development
air pollution
trade-offs of coal consumption
JEL: 
N52
N72
O13
Q53
Q56
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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