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The primary study describes its instrumental-variable design and linked data sources. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Impacts of PM2.5 air pollution on high-skilled worker productivity in China · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:41376b4790333696432552cd8d9482bd2b03373d5aa009e0e58bef7236001eef

Using an instrumental variable design and combining air quality data with a bibliographic dataset of publications, we found that an increase of 1 μg m−3 in the annual concentration of PM2.5 ... causes a decline of 0.23% ... in publications.