An estimated 40 percent of the world's garbage is burned in open-air fires, which are responsible for as much as half … of the global emissions of some pollutants. However, there is little evidence on the health consequences of open … on adult health, human capital, and labor market outcomes, this suggests open-air waste burning imposes significant costs …

We find that long-term exposure to fine-particulate air pollution (PM2.5) degrades health and human capital among older …' cumulative residential exposures to PM2.5 and their health from 2004 through 2013, leveraging within- and between-county quasi …

spring of 2020. This paper examines the impact that these actions had on emissions and expected health effects through …

to poor health among infants …

We examine the impact of three "criteria" air pollutants on infant health in New Jersey in the 1990s by combining … interactions of air pollution with smoking and other predictors of poor infant health outcomes. We find consistently negative …

We examine the effects of total suspended particulates (TSPs) air pollution on infant health using the air quality …

the population health of local children. We demonstrate that the tax reduced ambient air pollution by 5 to 15 percent, and … young children. The change in health was more gradual than the change in pollution suggesting that it may take time for the … full health effects of changes in pollution to be felt. Given the sluggish adjustment of health to pollution changes, short …