The Healthcare Cost of Air Pollution: Evidence from the World’s Largest Payment Network

Previously circulated as “The Morbidity Cost of Air Pollution: Evidence from Consumer Spending in China.” We thank Yongmiao Hong, Solomon Hsiang, Matthew E. Kahn, Koichiro Ito, Doug Miller, Lucija Muehlenbachs, Matthew Turner, Shuang Zhang and seminar participants at Carnegie Mellon University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Clemson University, MIT, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Penn State, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, and 2018 NBER Environmental and Energy Economics Workshop for helpful comments. We thank Nan Zhong and Youting Zheng for generous data sharing. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• June 5, 2018