Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180560 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11542
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the extent to which the 2005 Clean Air Act introduced in South Korea affected air pollution and infant health. To identify the causal effect, we exploit the time and geographical variations in the adoption of the Act between 2003 and 2006. During this period, the Clean Air Act indeed significantly reduced air pollutants. For example, the PM10 level was reduced by 9 percent. However, the Act's impact on infant mortality was not statistically significant.
Subjects: 
air pollution
infant mortality
PM10
JEL: 
I18
K32
Q52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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