Air Quality and the Development of Los Angeles

This paper estimates the effect variation in air quality had on neighborhood population growth in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s, a period the area experienced severe ozone problems. Regression results indicate that environmental effects substantially redistributed population spatially. Litt...

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Published in:The Review of regional studies 2017-01, Vol.47 (3), p.271
Main Author: Finney, Miles M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Economic models
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Summary:This paper estimates the effect variation in air quality had on neighborhood population growth in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s, a period the area experienced severe ozone problems. Regression results indicate that environmental effects substantially redistributed population spatially. Little evidence is found, however, that the demographic effects persist.
ISSN:0048-749X
1553-0892
DOI:10.52324/001c.8015