Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339478 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 25/07
Publisher: 
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
We pair variation stemming from volcanic eruptions with the census of Hawai'i's public schools student test scores to estimate the impact of PM2.5 and SO2 on student performance. Increased particulate pollution decreases test scores. These results are concentrated among schools with the highest longterm average levels of pollution. The effects of PM2.5 are larger for the poorest pupils by a factor of at least three. We demonstrate that poor air quality disproportionately impacts the human capital accumulation of economically disadvantaged children.
Subjects: 
Vog
Particulates
Test Scores
Kriging
Environmental Justice
JEL: 
I22
I24
Q52
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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