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"coming to the nuisance": Unraveling the link between exposure to hazardous sites and poverty

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  • Chouaib Jouf

    (Université de Franche-Comté, CRESE, F-25000 Besançon, France)

  • Mathilde Stoltz

    (Université de Franche-Comté, CRESE, F-25000 Besançon, France)

Abstract

This study analyzes the mechanisms behind the overexposure of poor households to environmental nuisances, with particular emphasis on the sorting mechanism namely the coming to the nuisance phenomenon. Using an exposure prole based on polluting sites, and taking into account spatial heterogeneity due to population density, we assess whether environmental degradation leads to a sorting process within the population of poor house- holds. Our findings show that environmental degradation triggers sorting processes in urban and peri-urban areas, characterized by a higher growth rate of poor households and a lower growth rate of non-poor households in newly exposed areas. This pattern suggests the presence of a coming to the nuisance phenomenon among poor households in these newly polluted areas.

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  • Chouaib Jouf & Mathilde Stoltz, 2023. ""coming to the nuisance": Unraveling the link between exposure to hazardous sites and poverty," Working Papers 2023-07, CRESE.
    • Handle: RePEc:crb:wpaper:2023-07
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    JEL classification:

    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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