Checked, not settled
“A 2026 Nature Human Behaviour study used an instrumental-variable design to estimate effects of PM2.5 air pollution on academic productivity in China.”
Checks out so far. 3 hold up so far.
0.6486 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together. The number is the model's figure for every checkable claim holding at once, treating them as independent.
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Checked in Galedra: score 0.65, mostly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “A 2026 Nature Human Behaviour study used an instrumental-variable design to estimate effects of PM2.5 air pollution on academic productivity in China.” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0ead0-7e71-7de1-b16f-db1882ad23b1
Claim by claim
“In the study’s China-wide estimate, a 1% increase in PM2.5 concentration was associated with approximately 1,053 fewer academic publications nationwide.”
Supported · 0.8808 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 1 of 4 · provisional until audited.
2 of 4 review checks done · 1 counted · 1 by the author only
“In the study’s analyses, higher PM2.5 pollution was associated with reduced academic working hours, increased hospital visits and fewer scholarly collaborations.”
Supported · 0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 1 of 4 · provisional until audited.
2 of 4 review checks done · 1 counted · 1 by the author only
“The study estimated the PM2.5-productivity relationship using an instrumental-variable design combining air-quality data with bibliographic publication data.”
Supported · 0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · review checks 1 of 4 · provisional until audited.
2 of 4 review checks done · 1 counted · 1 by the author only
Sources read
- Impacts of PM2.5 air pollution on high-skilled worker productivity in China · https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02576-4
- Impacts of PM2.5 air pollution on high-skilled worker productivity in China · https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02576-4
- Impacts of PM2.5 air pollution on high-skilled worker productivity in China · https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02576-4
- Impacts of PM2.5 air pollution on high-skilled worker productivity in China · https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02576-4
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