We study how ambient lead exposure impacts learning in elementary school by leveraging a natural experiment where a … exposure to lead negatively affect academic performance, shift the entire academic performance distribution, and negatively … impact both younger and older children. The average treated student in our setting has an expected income reduction of $5 …

using new data on children's blood lead levels (BLLs) matched to all education data in North Carolina. We compare siblings …Evidence shows that lead-exposed children are more disruptive and have lower achievement. However, we know less about … how lead-exposed children affect the learning environment of their classroom peers. We estimate these spillover effects …

Very few studies have examined the impacts of both climate change and air pollution on student education outcomes …

Very few studies have examined the impacts of both climate change and air pollution on student education outcomes …

harm child development and children's long run outcomes. Using the detailed geocoded data that follows national … representative cohorts of children born to the NLSY respondents over time with detailed information on families, locations, health … plant opened or closed in between the conceptions of different children in the same family. I find that children who were …

Poor air quality has been shown to harm the health and development of children. Research on these relationships has …-readiness, and the effects of ambient air quality on achievement of young children. I find evidence that exposure in early childhood …

This paper uses U.S. Toxic Release Inventory data on air lead emissions to provide IV estimates of the effects of air … lead concentration on infant mortality. The causal effect of lead on infant mortality is identified by annual variation in … air fugitive lead emissions interacted with wind speed near reporting plants, which together determine local ambient lead …

harm child development and children's long run outcomes. Using the detailed geocoded data that follows national … representative cohorts of children born to the NLSY respondents over time with detailed information on families, locations, health … plant opened or closed in between the conceptions of different children in the same family. I find that children who were …