| Category | Air |
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| Keywords | air quality, asthma, children, health |
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| Title | Air Pollution, Health, and Socio-Economic Status: The Effect of Outdoor Air Quality on Childhood Asthma |
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| Comments | This study examines the relation between pollution and childhood asthma through a correlation of pollution levels and hospitalization rates by zip codes. The study also controls for what it calls “endogenous” reactions in which individuals make choices to minimize the effects of pollution through residential choices. The author found that carbon monoxide has a significant effect on hospitalization for asthma among children ages 1–18. This relationship is affected by socio-economic status; poor children are more likely to experience high rates of pollution and, among those experiencing similar rates of pollution, more likely to be hospitalized. Lastly, the author concludes that publicity, such as smog alerts, interrupts the relationship between pollution and hospitalization by encouraging individuals to undertake avoidance behaviors. |
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| Author(s) | Neidell, M. J. |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Appeared In | Journal of Health Economics #23, pp. 1209–1236 |
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