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ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 745-768Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X05002512
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As China advances its overall program of economic development, many Chinese cities consistently suffer from unhealthy levels of air pollution. One of the groups most affected is children. This paper provides some quantification regarding the extent of various morbidity costs upon children in portions of urban China. Using China-based health-effects and valuation studies, the authors project, and value in dollar figures, the number of averted cases of childhood colds, bronchitis, asthma, and respiratory-related hospital visits resulting from a lowering of air pollution levels. The results indicate that these child morbidity benefits may be substantial, with a mid-range value of nearly $3.5 billion over the period 2002-2011.
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