The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality: Evidence from Geographic Variation in Pollution Shocks Induced by a Recession
Влияние загрязнения воздуха на младенческую смертность: данные о географической вариации шоков загрязнения, вызванных рецессией
1999-12-01
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This study uses sharp, differential air quality changes across sites attributable to geographic variation in the effects of the 1981-82 recession to estimate the relationship between infant mortality and particulates air pollution. It is shown that in the narrow period of 1980-82, there was substantial variation across counties in changes in particulates pollution, and that these differential pollution reductions appear to be orthogonal to changes in a multitude of other factors that may be related to infant mortality.
Key Findings
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Between 1980 and 1982, counties experienced substantial differences in particulate pollution changes.
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Differential recession-induced pollution reductions appear orthogonal to changes in numerous other factors potentially related to infant mortality, supporting their use for identifying pollution effects.
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The analysis provides evidence based on sharp, geographically varied air-quality changes rather than uniform national pollution trends.
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The study estimates the relationship between particulate air pollution and infant mortality using geographically varying pollution shocks caused by the 1981–82 recession.
Research Object
Infant mortality and particulate air pollution across counties during the 1981–82 recession
Research Subject
The relationship between particulate air pollution and infant mortality, identified through geographically varying pollution reductions
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