Session 7: Environmental policy analysis, equity and health benefits

Health and Environment · Fri 13 Nov 2026 · 2h

Teaching›Health and Environment›Course material 2026/27›Session 7

Slides

The slides will be linked here before the session. They are in the student area, so you will be asked for the module password 🔒.

Readings

Read the core readings before the session. The further readings are optional.

Core

Banzhaf S, Ma L, Timmins C (2019). Environmental justice: the economics of race, place, and pollution. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33(1), 185–208.

Shapiro JS, Walker R (2018). Why is pollution from US manufacturing declining? The roles of environmental regulation, productivity, and trade. American Economic Review, 108(12), 3814–3854.

Further

Stern DI (2004). The rise and fall of the environmental Kuznets curve. World Development, 32(8), 1419–1439.

Hajat A, Hsu C, O’Neill MS (2015). Socioeconomic disparities and air pollution exposure: a global review. Current Environmental Health Reports, 2(4), 440–450.