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The health benefits of air pollution control in India

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  • Maureen Cropper

    (University of Maryland)

  • Yongjoon Park

    (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

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This paper presents an overview of the health benefits of controlling ambient air pollution in India. We answer five questions: First, how high is ambient air pollution in different parts of India? Second, what are the morbidity and mortality consequences of ambient and household air pollution? Third, what are the health costs of pollution-related morbidity and mortality? Fourth, what are the primary sources of ambient air pollution in India and what are their implications for policies to control air pollution? Finally, what are the health benefits and costs of reducing air pollution from coal-fired power plants?

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  • Maureen Cropper & Yongjoon Park, 2022. "The health benefits of air pollution control in India," Indian Economic Review, Springer, vol. 57(2), pages 245-263, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inecre:v:57:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s41775-022-00149-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s41775-022-00149-6
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    1. Chakravarty, Shoibal & Somanathan, E., 2021. "There is no economic case for new coal plants in India," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 24(C).
    2. Cropper, Maureen L. & Guttikunda, Sarath & Jawahar, Puja & Lazri, Zachary & Malik, Kabir & Song, Xiao-Peng & Yao, Xinlu, 2019. "Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Air Pollution Control in the Indian Power Sector," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 10(S1), pages 185-205, April.
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    Keywords

    Ambient air pollution; Household air pollution; Coal-fired power plants; Air pollution in India; Health effects of PM2.5;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development

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