Does particulate matter pollution affect school attendance in South Africa?

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8 février 2024

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HAL-SHS : économie et finance

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Macoura Doumbia, « Does particulate matter pollution affect school attendance in South Africa? », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.5281/zenodo.10634684

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Rising air pollution is a growing problem in South Africa. This study aims to nd out howpollution aects school attendance in South Africa. By matching survey and satellite pollutiondata and using an instrumental variable approach over the period 2015-2016, this paper ndsevidence that the risk of absenteeism is larger for pupils exposed to ne particulate matter (PM2.5)and especially for those aged between 5 and 15 years old. This nding is consistent across provincesbut varies with age of individuals and household's characteristics such as wealth level, householdsize and structure, and household head subgroup. The study highlights the causal relationshipbetween air pollution and school absenteeism at least in South Africa which has up to here remainmixed in the literature

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