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Clay, Karen - 2018

Using U.S county level data on lead in air for 1978-1988 and lead in topsoil in the 2000s, this paper examines the impact of lead exposure on a critical human function with societal implications – fertility. To provide causal estimates of the effect of lead on fertility, we use two sets of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918263

Toxic Truth : Lead and Fertility

Clay, Karen - 2018

Using U.S county level data on lead in air for 1978-1988, this paper provides the first causal evidence on the effects of airborne lead exposure on the general fertility rate and the completed fertility rate in the broad population. Instrumental variable estimates show the increase in completed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918616

Toxic truth : lead and fertility

Clay, Karen; Portnykh, Margarita; Severnini, Edson R. - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878025

Toxic truth : lead and fertility

Clay, Karen; Portnykh, Margarita; Severnini, Edson R. - 2018

Using U.S county level data on lead in air for 1978-1988 and lead in topsoil in the 2000s, this paper examines the impact of lead exposure on a critical human function with societal implications - fertility. To provide causal estimates of the effect of lead on fertility, we use two sets of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865468

Toxic Truth : Lead and Fertility

Clay, Karen - 2018

Using U.S county level data on lead in air for 1978-1988 and lead in topsoil in the 2000s, this paper examines the impact of lead exposure on a critical human function with societal implications - fertility. To provide causal estimates of the effect of lead on fertility, we use two sets of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453111

Pollution, infectious disease, and mortality : evidence from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic

Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson R. - 2015

This paper uses the 1918 influenza pandemic as a natural experiment to examine whether air pollution affects …-city differences in baseline pollution measures based on coal-fired electricity generating capacity for a sample 183 American cities …. The findings suggest that air pollution exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. Proximity to World War I military bases …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347213