This paper examines the extent to which the 2005 Clean Air Act introduced in South Korea affected air pollution and … infant health. To identify the causal effect, we exploit the time and geographical variations in the adoption of the Act …

We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several … innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels of pollution. In contrast, the … experience of California in the 1990s is clearly relevant to current debates over the regulation of pollution. Second, many …

Car exhaust is a major source of air pollution, but little is known about its impacts on population health. We exploit … - across the United States from 2008-2015 as a natural experiment to measure the health impact of car pollution. Using the … low birth weight and acute asthma attacks among children by 1.9 and 8.0 percent, respectively. These health impacts occur …

Car exhaust is a major source of air pollution, but little is known about its impacts on population health. We exploit … - across the United States from 2008-2015 as a natural experiment to measure the health impact of car pollution. Using the … low birth weight and acute asthma attacks among children by 1.9 and 8.0 percent, respectively. These health impacts occur …

Car exhaust is a major source of air pollution, but little is known about its impacts on population health. We exploit …−across the United States from 2008-2015 as a natural experiment to measure the health impact of car pollution. Using the universe … low birth weight and acute asthma attacks among children by 1.9 and 8.0 percent, respectively. These health impacts occur …

This is the first study that uses a direct measure of skyglow, an important aspect of light pollution, to examine its … impact on infant health at birth. We find evidence of reduced birth weight, shortened gestational length and even preterm … add to the literature on the impact of in utero and early-life exposure to pollution, which thus far has focused primarily …

on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low relative humidity also have effects. The use of climate change … effects of extreme weather. Mothers' education, sanitation access and health care assistance to pregnant women represent the … main instruments for addressing neonatal health problems …