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significance and magnitude of the other coefficients are similar to those reported in the
main tables. It is not surprising that the largest impact of excluding new monitors was on
PM2.5. Monitoring of PM2.5 did not start until 1998 and approximately 35% of PM2.5
monitors used in the main calculations either started after 2002 or terminated before
2008. By restricting the monitors to those available between 2002 and 2008, we
eliminated the fluctuations in PM2.5 caused by adding new monitors rather than changes
in pollution. In this case, a one percentage point decrease in the percent above the
standards for PM2.5 would increase the percent at least proficient in language by 0.008
percentage points.
Table 3.5 Effect of Air Pollution on Academic Performance
using only Monitors Functioning Throughout the Period −
Grade-School and Year Effects
Mathematics
English/
language arts
(1) (2)
Percent of days that exceed the standard for:
CO -0.192 0.249
[0.402] [0.261]
NO2 -2.821+ -0.202
[1.638] [1.246]
O3 -0.091** -0.175**
[0.032] [0.022]
PM10 -0.026** -0.024**
[0.007] [0.005]
PM2.5 -0.005 -0.008*
[0.005] [0.004]
Standard errors in parentheses are clustered by school and robust to
heteroskedasticity. ** significant at 1%; * significant at 5%; + significant at
10%.
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Object Description
| Title | Essays on health and well-being |
| Author | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
| Author email | smith2@usc.edu; jackiesmith04@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Economics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-23 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 26 Apr. 2012. |
| Date published | 2012-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Easterlin, Richard A. Ham, John C. |
| Advisor (committee member) | Melguizo, Tatiana |
| Abstract | This dissertation is comprised of three chapters that use microeconometric techniques to investigate the factors that affect people’s well-being. In the first two chapters, well-being is defined as life satisfaction or health satisfaction. The first chapter explores how the movement from socialism to capitalism affected the life satisfaction and health satisfaction of East Germans relative to West Germans after reunification. The second chapter examines whether women are happier, less happy, or equally happy as men in countries at various stages of development. The third chapter examines whether pollution affects the academic performance of school children; their academic performance and achievements will have important implications for their future well-being. |
| Keyword | happiness; well-being |
| Geographic subject | Germany |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1990/2010; 2002/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
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| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3782 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
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| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
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| Full text | 126 significance and magnitude of the other coefficients are similar to those reported in the main tables. It is not surprising that the largest impact of excluding new monitors was on PM2.5. Monitoring of PM2.5 did not start until 1998 and approximately 35% of PM2.5 monitors used in the main calculations either started after 2002 or terminated before 2008. By restricting the monitors to those available between 2002 and 2008, we eliminated the fluctuations in PM2.5 caused by adding new monitors rather than changes in pollution. In this case, a one percentage point decrease in the percent above the standards for PM2.5 would increase the percent at least proficient in language by 0.008 percentage points. Table 3.5 Effect of Air Pollution on Academic Performance using only Monitors Functioning Throughout the Period − Grade-School and Year Effects Mathematics English/ language arts (1) (2) Percent of days that exceed the standard for: CO -0.192 0.249 [0.402] [0.261] NO2 -2.821+ -0.202 [1.638] [1.246] O3 -0.091** -0.175** [0.032] [0.022] PM10 -0.026** -0.024** [0.007] [0.005] PM2.5 -0.005 -0.008* [0.005] [0.004] Standard errors in parentheses are clustered by school and robust to heteroskedasticity. ** significant at 1%; * significant at 5%; + significant at 10%. 126 |
