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Particulate Matter (PM) in ambient air has consistently and coherently been associated with serio... more Particulate Matter (PM) in ambient air has consistently and coherently been associated with serious human health effects. The new EU air quality standards have, for the Dutch government, led to a number of questions concerning current levels, particle size and chemical composition of PM in the Netherlands, along with the sources influencing the Dutch ambient PM levels. In 1998 and 1999 measurements were performed at six sites in the Netherlands .We measured PM10, its fine and coarse fractions, the secondary inorganic aerosols, elemental and organic carbon, tracers for sea salt and the elemental composition of aerosol. One conclusion of this study is that there is no significant difference between measured PM10 concentrations and modelled PM10 concentrations in combination with the contribution of natural sources. The average fraction of model estimates and measured concentrations is 0.94 or 0.91 (depending on the correction factors). Taking the uncertainty in the various estimates i...
The Economic History Review, 2012
The Journal of Economic History, 2009
Utrechtseweg 90
Medieval Urban Literacy II, 2014
The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution: The European economy in a global perspective, 1000-1800 The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Journal of Urban Economics, 2015
Particulate Matter (PM) in the ambient air can lead to health effects and even to premature morta... more Particulate Matter (PM) in the ambient air can lead to health effects and even to premature mortality. This result has been found in a score of epidemiological studies, but their cause is not yet clear. It is certain, however, that these effects are so serious and so extensive that further action is warranted. In the scientific literature ambient aerosols are known as PM, short for Particulate Matter. Depending on the diameter or size of the particles, they are termed PM 10 (for particles with diameters of up to approximately 10 micrometres) or PM 2.5 (for those less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter). One micrometre is a thousandth of a millimetre. Humans inhale particles smaller than 10 micrometres, which end up deep in our airways.
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
Did living standards stagnate before the Industrial Revolution? Traditional real-wage indices typ... more Did living standards stagnate before the Industrial Revolution? Traditional real-wage indices typically show broadly constant living standards before 1800. In this paper, we show that living standards rose substantially, but surreptitiously because of the growing availability of new goods. Colonial luxuries such as tea, coffee, and sugar transformed European diets after the discovery of America and the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. These goods became household items in many countries by the end of the 18th century. We use the Greenwood-Kopecky (2009) method to calculate welfare gains based on data about price changes and the rate of adoption of new colonial goods. Our results suggest that by 1850, the average Englishman would have been willing to forego 15% or more of his income in order to maintain access to sugar and tea alone. These findings are robust to a wide range of alternative assumptions, data series, and valuation methods.
Particulate Matter (PM) in ambient air has consistently and coherently been associated with serio... more Particulate Matter (PM) in ambient air has consistently and coherently been associated with serious human health effects. The new EU air quality standards have, for the Dutch government, led to a number of questions concerning current levels, particle size and chemical composition of PM in the Netherlands, along with the sources influencing the Dutch ambient PM levels. In 1998 and 1999 measurements were performed at six sites in the Netherlands .We measured PM10, its fine and coarse fractions, the secondary inorganic aerosols, elemental and organic carbon, tracers for sea salt and the elemental composition of aerosol. One conclusion of this study is that there is no significant difference between measured PM10 concentrations and modelled PM10 concentrations in combination with the contribution of natural sources. The average fraction of model estimates and measured concentrations is 0.94 or 0.91 (depending on the correction factors). Taking the uncertainty in the various estimates i...
The Economic History Review, 2012
The Journal of Economic History, 2009
Utrechtseweg 90
Medieval Urban Literacy II, 2014
The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution: The European economy in a global perspective, 1000-1800 The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West, 2000
Journal of Urban Economics, 2015
Particulate Matter (PM) in the ambient air can lead to health effects and even to premature morta... more Particulate Matter (PM) in the ambient air can lead to health effects and even to premature mortality. This result has been found in a score of epidemiological studies, but their cause is not yet clear. It is certain, however, that these effects are so serious and so extensive that further action is warranted. In the scientific literature ambient aerosols are known as PM, short for Particulate Matter. Depending on the diameter or size of the particles, they are termed PM 10 (for particles with diameters of up to approximately 10 micrometres) or PM 2.5 (for those less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter). One micrometre is a thousandth of a millimetre. Humans inhale particles smaller than 10 micrometres, which end up deep in our airways.
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
Did living standards stagnate before the Industrial Revolution? Traditional real-wage indices typ... more Did living standards stagnate before the Industrial Revolution? Traditional real-wage indices typically show broadly constant living standards before 1800. In this paper, we show that living standards rose substantially, but surreptitiously because of the growing availability of new goods. Colonial luxuries such as tea, coffee, and sugar transformed European diets after the discovery of America and the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. These goods became household items in many countries by the end of the 18th century. We use the Greenwood-Kopecky (2009) method to calculate welfare gains based on data about price changes and the rate of adoption of new colonial goods. Our results suggest that by 1850, the average Englishman would have been willing to forego 15% or more of his income in order to maintain access to sugar and tea alone. These findings are robust to a wide range of alternative assumptions, data series, and valuation methods.