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 …

air pollution levels, and (2) what is the impact of modern air pollution levels on infant health? Our setting is …. A natural question is whether further reductions will yield additional health benefits. We further this research by … suggest that ambient pollution levels, specifically particulate matter, still have large impacts on weekly infant mortality …

in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using climate and infant health data from a grid of approximately 4,000 cells in 34 African …