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"We examine the effect of exposure to toxic releases that are tracked by the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) on county-level infant and fetal mortality rates in the United States between 1989-2002. We find significant adverse effects of TRI concentrations on infant mortality rates, but not on...
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Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother’s labor supply in childhood on young adults … importance of childhood environment on children’s later life outcome and the importance of behavioral changes in explaining the …
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When deciding how to allocate their time among different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the … about risks and returns play for the allocation of time with children during the pandemic? We answer this question by … investment to be (i) more productive and (ii) less risky than the time spent by their children in formal childcare or with peers …
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China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and produce commercial shale gas will have a...
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The Value of a Statistical Life is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. To date, the VSL used in environmental policy analyses has not been adjusted for age or the cause of death. Air pollution regulations, however, are linked to reductions...
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