Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226371 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 722
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Ground-level ozone is a continuing problem worldwide, but research on the influences of ozone pollution on labour productivity in developing countries is insufficient. We investigate the effect of ozone pollution on outdoor worker productivity in the service sector using a unique panel dataset of courier productivities from a top five express company in China. Using an instrumental variable constructed from ozone pollution of upwind nearby cities, we find that a one-standard-deviation increase in daily ozone pollution decreases courier productivity by 8.91%. The same increase in ozone in the previous 30 days decreases worker productivity by 37.9%.
Subjects: 
ozone pollution
air pollution
labour productivity
outdoor workers
contemporaneous effect
cumulative effect
express delivery industry
JEL: 
J24
O13
P23
P28
Q51
Q53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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