Air Pollution and Gender Imbalance in Labor Supply Responses: Evidence From South Korea
Publisher: Economic Modelling
Author(s): Ahram Han, Taejong Kim, Gi Khan Ten, and Shun Wang
Date: 2023
Topics: Climate Change, Gender
Countries: South Korea
This study investigates whether and how air pollution affects the labor supply in South Korea. In order to plausibly estimate the causal impact, we utilize the fact that air pollution in South Korea is affected by spillovers from China, mediated by wind direction.