Pdf Racial Disparities In Pollution Exposure And Employment At Us Open in viewer. table 1 presents descriptive statistics. for blacks, the mean share of exposure is 17.4% and the mean share of employment is 10.8%—a disparity of 6.6 percentage points. for hispanics, the corresponding shares were 15.0% and 9.8%, a disparity of 5.2 percentage points. The difference between the exposure and employment shares of blacks and hispanics combined provides an indicator of overall racial and ethnic disparity. for all facilities, the average exposure share for the two subgroups combined is 32.6%, and the average employment share is 21.3%.
Racial Disparities In Pollution Exposure And Employment At Us Although racial disparities in exposure to industrial air pollution in the united states are well documented, there has been little empirical investigation of whether these disparities are mirrored by employment benefits. we use facility level data from the us environmental protection agency (epa) toxics release inventory (tri) and the us equal. The corresponding shares were 15.0% and 9.8%, a disparity of 5.2 percentage points. at 312 facilities (44% of the total), the black share of exposure is more than twice as high as the black share of employment; the reverse (employment share. more than double exposure share) is true at only 40 facilities (5.6% of. We use facility level data from the us environmental protection agency (epa) toxics release inventory (tri) and the us equal employment opportunity commission eeo 1 database to assess the extent to which the racial and ethnic distribution of industrial employment corresponds to the distribution of exposure to air toxics emitted by the same. Data is used to assess the extent to which the racial and ethnic distribution of industrial employment corresponds to the distribution of exposure to air toxics emitted by the same facilities, and finds no evidence that facilities that create higher pollution risk for surrounding communities provide more jobs. significance debate about regulation of industrial polluters often concerns a.
Figure 1 From Racial Disparities In Pollution Exposure And Employment We use facility level data from the us environmental protection agency (epa) toxics release inventory (tri) and the us equal employment opportunity commission eeo 1 database to assess the extent to which the racial and ethnic distribution of industrial employment corresponds to the distribution of exposure to air toxics emitted by the same. Data is used to assess the extent to which the racial and ethnic distribution of industrial employment corresponds to the distribution of exposure to air toxics emitted by the same facilities, and finds no evidence that facilities that create higher pollution risk for surrounding communities provide more jobs. significance debate about regulation of industrial polluters often concerns a. The trends in both indices are similar to that measured by cov (fig. 4): racial ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution relative to pollution levels at or below the epa standard are. Ash m, boyce j. racial disparities in pollution exposure and employment at us industrial facilities. proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america 2018; 115(42): 10636 10641.
Pdf Disparities In Air Pollution Exposure In The United States By The trends in both indices are similar to that measured by cov (fig. 4): racial ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution relative to pollution levels at or below the epa standard are. Ash m, boyce j. racial disparities in pollution exposure and employment at us industrial facilities. proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america 2018; 115(42): 10636 10641.
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