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The effects of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on air quality and public health
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chen, Chen |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | OF THE THESIS ....................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEGEMENTS ............................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ vi LIST OF FIGUERS ....................................................................................................... viii LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2: BACKGROUND: BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES AND POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES ........................................................................ 4 CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE REVIEW ....................................................................... 7 3.1 Air quality and health consequence .......................................................................... 7 3.2 Impact of air quality related events ......................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 4: DATA ...................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Air Pollution Index (API)........................................................................................ 15 4.2 Hospital inpatient records ....................................................................................... 17 4.3 Meteorological data ................................................................................................ 18 vii 4.4 Socio-Economic data .............................................................................................. 18 CHAPTER 5: CONCEPTUAL FREAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY .......... 20 5.1 Fixed effects and random effects models for panel data ......................................... 20 5.2 Specification of the fixed effects model for API..................................................... 21 5.3 Logistic regression model for inpatient records...................................................... 22 5.4 Difference-in-difference approach .......................................................................... 24 CHAPTER 6: Empirical Analysis ................................................................................. 28 6.1. Empirical Analysis of Air Quality.......................................................................... 28 6.1.1 Summary Statistics of API by City and time period ........................................ 28 6.1.2 Non-parametric analyses .................................................................................. 30 6.1.3 Regression Analyses on API ............................................................................ 32 6.2. Empirical Analysis on Public Health ..................................................................... 37 6.2.1 Summary Statistics of the Hospital Inpatient Data .......................................... 37 6.2.2 Logistic model analysis for inpatient record model ......................................... 38 CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION....................................................................................... 42 |
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| DOI | 10.7282/T36971WS |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Resource Type | Article |
