Bhalotra, Sonia; Venkataramani, Atheendar - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2011
We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on later life well-being and productivity in the United States. Using census data from 1980-2000, we find that cohorts born after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases...