Importance The relationship between income and life expectancy is well established but
remains poorly understood. Objectives To measure the level, time trend, and geographic …

By exploiting exogenous variations in air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, we
estimate the effect of air pollution on mortality in China. We find that a 10 percent decrease …

Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived
from developed country data. However, given the lower levels of air pollution in developed …

We link daily air pollution exposure to measures of contemporaneous health for
communities surrounding the twelve largest airports in California. These airports are some of …

Laboratory studies suggest that improved cooking stoves can reduce indoor air pollution,
improve health, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. We …

Decentralization can improve service delivery, but it can also generate externalities across
jurisdictional boundaries. We examine the nature and size of water pollution externalities as …

We investigate the effects of automobile congestion on ambient air pollution and local infant
mortality rates using data from California spanning 2002 to 2007. Constructing instrumental …

This study presents alternative measures of environmental inequality in the 50 US states for
exposure to industrial air pollution. We examine three methodological issues. First, to what …

Understanding factors that influence risk for mental health and substance use disorders is
critical to improve population health and reduce social costs imposed by these disorders …

Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and
decrease during economic busts, but little is known about the role of environmental risks as …