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Early-life environment and human capital: evidence from the Philippines
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Peet, Evan D. |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | This study examines how human capital develops in response to early-life weather and pollution exposures in the Philippines. Both pollution and weather are examined in relation to short- and long-term human capital outcomes. We combine a three-decade longitudinal survey measuring human capital development, a database of historical weather, and multiple databases characterizing carbon monoxide and ozone in the Philippines during the 1980s. We find evidence that extreme precipitation and temperature affect short-term anthropometric outcomes, but long-term outcomes appear unaffected. For long-term cognitive outcomes, we find that early-life pollution exposures negatively affect test scores and schooling. These long-term responses to early-life pollution exposures extend to the labor market with reduced hours worked and earnings. The implication is that a 25 per cent reduction in early-life ozone exposure would increase per person discounted lifetime earnings by $1,367, which would scale to $2.05 billion at the national level (or 2 per cent of 2005 GDP). |
| Related Links | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/9BCD151B9BB5A5A739A68E54D4ECC025/S1355770X20000224a.pdf/div-class-title-early-life-environment-and-human-capital-evidence-from-the-philippines-div.pdf |
| ISSN | 1355770X |
| e-ISSN | 14694395 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1355770x20000224 |
| Journal | Environment and Development Economics |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2021-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Environment and Development Economics Agricultural Economics Human Capital |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Development Economics and Econometrics Environmental Science |
