【主题】空气污染暴露对认知能力影响的性别差异(Smog in Our Brains：Gender Differences in the Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance in China)
【主讲】张欣 博士生 北京大学国家发展研究院
【时间】2017年3月21日（周二）上午9点-10点15
【地点】上海财经大学武川路校区4教106教室
【主办】上海财经大学公共经济与管理学院投资系
【主持】陈杰教授，上海财经大学公共经济与管理学院投资系主任
【主讲人介绍】张欣，南开大学经济学学士(2012)，2012年硕博连读至今就读于北京大学国家发展研究院，经济学预毕业博士生，指导教师是张晓波教授。2014-2015年度耶鲁大学访问学者。主要研究方向包括健康经济学、环境经济学和劳动经济学。第一作者论文发表在国际SCI/SSCI来源期刊Ecological Economics和国内权威期刊《经济学（季刊）》等杂志上。曾多次在The 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society等国际学术会上汇报文章。博士论文研究了空气污染对幸福感和认知能力的影响，并基于幸福感数据对空气污染进行了估值。
【摘要】While there is a large body of literature on the negative health effects of air pollution, there is much less written about its effects on cognitive performance for the whole population. This paper studies the effects of contemporaneous and cumulative exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance based on a nationally representative survey in China. By merging a longitudinal sample at the individual level with local air-quality data according to the exact dates and counties of interviews, we find that contemporaneous and cumulative exposure to air pollution impedes both verbal and math scores of survey subjects. Interestingly, the negative effect is stronger for men than for women. Specifically, the gender difference is more salient among the old and less educated in both verbal and math tests.