The Air Quality Effects of Uber
This study identifies the effect of Uber on the air quality of urban agglomerations in the United States. For this, the authors infer its causal impact on the Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality index with state-of-the-art difference-in-difference estimators accounting for Uber’s staggered implementation and dynamic treatment effects. Results show that Uber improves air quality. The value of the air quality index and the number of unhealthy air quality episodes decrease after its introduction. The authors provide evidence that the bulk of the improvement comes from declining ozone levels during the summer. Notably, results hold for a plethora of different specifications, samples, and robustness exercises. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this article is the first to estimate the air quality effects of ridehailing technologies empirically in the United States. However, further research is required to identify the exact mechanisms through which Uber’s impact on the transportation system affects air quality
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- © 2021 Luis Sarmiento and Yeong Jae Kim. Cover date: November 2021.
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Washington, DC United States Milan, Italy -
Authors:
- Sarmiento, Luis
- Kim, Yeong Jae
- Publication Date: 2021-10-21
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 41p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air quality; Ridesourcing; Urban areas
- Identifier Terms: Uber
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Passenger Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01789504
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Working Paper 21-34
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 30 2021 10:18AM