Juan Pablo Rud es Profesor en Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), Investigador Asociado en el Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) y miembro del Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). Es Licenciado en Economía por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y tiene un PhD en Economía por la London School of Economics and Political Science. Sus investigaciones se centran en temas de desarrollo económico, economía ambiental y de los recursos naturales, econometría aplicada y economía del sector público. Sus trabajos han sido publicados en revistas académicas como The Economic Journal, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Development Economics y Labor Economics, entre otras.

Abstract: We use high-frequency data on fine particulate matter air pollution (PM 2.5) at the locality level to study the effects of high pollution on daily labor supply decisions in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. We document a negative, non-linear relationship between PM 2.5 and same-day labor supply, with strong effects on days with extremely high pollution levels. On these days, the average worker experiences a reduction of around 7.5% of working hours. Workers partially compensate for lost hours by increasing their labor supply on days that follow high-pollution days. We find that low-income workers reduce their labor supply significantly less than richer workers on high-pollution days. Unequal exposure along other dimensions (job quality, flexibility, gender) matter, but less than income. We provide evidence that reductions in labor supply due to high pollution are consistent with avoidance behavior and that income constraints may play an important role in workers' labor supply decisions.

Autores: Bridget Hoffmann (IDB) y Juan Pablo Rud (RHUL, IZA & IFS)

Organizan: Departamento de Economía, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Revista Económica

Contacto: iie@econo.unlp.edu.ar