Barreca, Alan I.; Clay, Karen; Tarr, Joel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality … rates in the U.S. during the mid-20th century. Coal consumption varied considerably during the 20th century due to coal … of confounding factors, we use a triple-differences identification strategy that relies on variation in coal consumption …