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Benefits trickling away : the health impact of extending access to piped water and sanitation in urban Yemen
Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Meier, Kristina; … - 2012
This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a combination of quasi-experimental methods and results from microbiological water tests. Variations in project roll-out allow separate identification of water and sanitation...
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The Impact of Oil and Gas Extraction on Infant Health
Hill, Elaine - 2021
The benefits and costs of resource extraction are currently being hotly debated in the case of shale gas development (commonly known as "fracking"). Colorado provides a unique research environment given its long history of conventional oil and gas extraction and, most recently, shale gas...
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Shale Gas Development and Infant Health : Evidence from Pennsylvania
Hill, Elaine - 2021
This research exploits the introduction of shale gas wells in Pennsylvania in response to growing controversy around the drilling method of hydraulic fracturing. Using detailed location data on maternal addresses and GIS coordinates of gas wells, this study examines singleton births to mothers...
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The effect of oil spills on infant mortality : evidence from Nigeria
Brüderle, Mirjam Anna; Hodler, Roland - 2017
spills on surviving children. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721646
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Residential noise exposure and health : evidence from aviation noise and birth outcomes
Argys, Laura M.; Averett, Susan; Yang, Muzhe - 2019
Exploiting recent concentration of flight patterns under a new Federal Aviation Administration policy (called NextGen), we examine the impact of exposure to excessive noise levels on birth outcomes. Using birth records that include mothers’ home addresses to measure airport proximity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110475
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Residential Noise Exposure and Health : Evidence from Aviation Noise and Birth Outcomes
Argys, Laura - 2019
Exploiting recent concentration of flight patterns under a new Federal Aviation Administration policy (called NextGen), we examine the impact of exposure to excessive noise levels on birth outcomes. Using birth records that include mothers' home addresses to measure airport proximity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862481
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Prenatal Exposure to PM 2.5 and Infant Birth Outcomes : Evidence from a Population-Wide Database
Jahanshahi, Babak; Johnston, Brian; McVicar, Duncan; … - 2022
There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time. Using a population database of births in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079407
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Prenatal Exposure to PM2.5 and Infant Birth Outcomes : Evidence from a Population-Wide Database
Jahanshahi, Babak; Johnston, Brian; McVicar, Duncan; … - 2022
There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time. Using a population database of births in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079750
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Can Pollution Cause Poverty? The Effects of Pollution on Educational, Health and Economic Outcomes
Persico, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Although pollution is widespread, there is little evidence about how it might harm children's long run outcomes. Using … the detailed, geocoded data that follows national representative cohorts of children born to the National Longitudinal … site opened or closed within one mile of their home. I find that children who were exposed prenatally to industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435121
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Prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and infant birth outcomes : evidence from a population-wide database
Jahanshahi, Babak; Johnston, Brian; McVicar, Duncan; … - 2022
There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time. Using a population database of births in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332140