Abstract
AbstractEducation outcomes of children may be influenced by many factors, including exposure to air pollution. This study examines whether air quality affects school enrollments. Different from the contemporaneous consequences of exposure to pollution, school enrollments are annual decisions and arguably more correlated with human capital accumulation than absences or exam scores. Our estimates suggest that increases in the number of days with low visibility are associated with reductions in preschool enrollments. Keeping children from enrolling in preschools is a pollution avoidance behavior currently undocumented in the literature. Our findings are robust to alternative enrollment and air quality measures.
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