Valuation Of Health Impacts Of Air Pollution In India

  • Surender Kumar 1Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi, South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi
  • and Paramjit Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007
Keywords: Air pollution, Health, Valuation, Socio-economic factors

Abstract

This paper surveys the studies measuring the economic impacts of air pollution on health in India. Air pollution has potentially large impacts on the health and well-being of households, especially the poor families. The literature shows that the distribution of the impacts of air pollution is not uniform across the cross sections of societies. It notes that though there are some case studies on the valuation of health impacts of outdoor air pollution, there is rarely any study on the valuation of health outcomes of indoor air pollution which uses consumer choice or behavior models. It identifies that studies should focus on both individual specific characteristics as well as the neighborhood specifications and these studies should be dynamic as the static studies fails to capture the effects of change in socio-economic features on health outcomes.

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2012-06-01
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