Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222859 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1877
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper uses a panel of German individuals and highly granular pollution data to test if air pollution affects adults' well-being indirectly through the health of their children. Results show that ozone decreases the well-being of individuals with children while not affecting persons without kids. We confirm the same effect for fine particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. Concerning the mechanism, we find that above-median earners drive this effect and that ozone causes losses in workdays to care for a sick child, providing evidence on the children's health channel to adults' welfare losses.
Subjects: 
air pollution
ozone
well-being
subjective health
children's health
parental investments
JEL: 
Q53
I31
I18
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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