LSE, UK, and IZA, Germany
IZA World of Labor role
Author
Current position
Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics, London School of Economics, UK
Research interest
Environmental economics, labor economics, and economics of education
Qualifications
PhD Economics, Royal Holloway, London School of Economics, 2016
Selected publications
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“The long run economic consequences of high-stakes examinations: Evidence from transitory variation in pollution.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8:4 (2016): 36–65 (with A. Ebenstein and V. Lavy).
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Air pollution, educational achievements, and human capital formation
Exposure to elevated levels of air pollution adversely affects educational outcomes
Sefi Roth, August 2017The link between air pollution and human health is well-documented in the epidemiology and economic literature. Recently, an increasing body of research has shown that air pollution—even in relatively low doses—also affects educational outcomes across several distinct age groups and varying lengths of exposure. This implies that a narrow focus on traditional health outcomes, such as morbidity and mortality, may understate the true benefit of reducing pollution, as air pollution also affects scholastic achievement and human capital formation.MoreLess