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1. A thousand cuts: cumulative lead exposure reduces academic achievement
abstractWe study how ambient lead exposure impacts learning in elementary school by leveraging a natural experiment where a large national automotive racing organization switched from leaded to unleaded fuel. We find increased levels and duration of 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 $5,200 in present value terms. Avoiding said treatment has an effect size similar to improving teacher value added by one-fourth of a standard deviation, reducing class size by 5 students, or increasing school spending per pupil by $750. The marginal impacts of lead are larger in impoverished, non-white counties, and among students with greater duration of exposure, even after controlling for the total quantity of exposure.
Hollingsworth, Alex; Huang, Mike; Rudik, Ivan; Sanders, Nicholas J.;2022
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 2. Toxic assets : how the housing market responds to environmental information shocks
Moulton, Jeremy Grant; Sanders, Nicholas J.; Wentland, Scott A.;2024
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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3. The Causal Effect of Heat on Violence : Social Implications of Unmitigated Heat Among the Incarcerated
abstractCorrectional facilities commonly lack climate control, producing a setting absent endogenous responses to hot weather like avoidance, adjustment, and mitigation. We study daily weather variation across the state of Mississippi, and show that high temperatures increase intense violence among the incarcerated. Days with unsafe heat index levels shift both the intensive and extensive margins of violence, raising daily violent interactions by 20%, and the probability of any violence by 18%. Our setting cleanly identifies the effect of heat on violence, and highlights previously unobserved social costs of current facility infrastructure. Rising global temperatures could substantially increase violence absent adjustment
Mukherjee, Anita; Sanders, Nicholas J.;2021
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Citations: 5 (based on OpenCitations)
4. When externalities collide: influenza and pollution
abstractInfluenza and air pollution each pose significant public health risks with large global economic consequences. The common pathways through which each harms health presents an interesting case of compounding risk via interacting externalities. Using instrumental variables based on changing wind directions, we show increased levels of contemporaneous pollution significantly increase influenza hospitalizations. We exploit random variations in the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine as an additional instrument to show vaccine protection neutralizes this relationship. This suggests seemingly disparate policy actions of pollution control and vaccination campaigns jointly provide greater returns than those implied by addressing either in isolation.
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Neidell, Matthew; Sanders, Nicholas J.; Singer, Gregor;2021
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 5. Adaptation to Environmental Change : Agriculture and the Unexpected Incidence of the Acid Rain Program
abstractThe Acid Rain Program (ARP) cut sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from power plants in the United States, with considerable benefits. We show this also reduced ambient sulfate levels, which lowered agriculture productivity through decreased soil sulfur. Using plant-level SO2 emissions and an atmospheric transport model, we estimate the relationship between airborne sulfate levels and yields for corn and soybean. We estimate crop revenue losses for these two crops around $1-1.5 billion per year, with accompanying decreases in land value. Back of the envelope calculations of the costs to replace lost sulfur suggest producer responses were limited and suboptimal
Sanders, Nicholas J.; Barreca, Alan I.;2021
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations)
6. When externalities collide : influenza and pollution
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Neidell, Matthew; Sanders, Nicholas J.; Singer, Gregor;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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7. The mortality impact of fine particulate matter in China : evidence from trade shocks
Gong, Yazhen; Li, Shanjun; Sanders, Nicholas J.; Shi, Guang;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 2 (based on OpenCitations)
8. When externalities collide : influenza and pollution
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Neidell, Matthew; Sanders, Nicholas J.; Singer, Gregor;2020
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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9. Lead exposure reduces academic performance : intensity, duration, and nutrition matter
Hollingsworth, Alex; Huang, Mike; Rudik, Ivan J.; Sanders, Nicholas J.;2020
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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10. When Externalities Collide : Influenza and Pollution
abstractInfluenza and air pollution are significant public health risks with large economic consequences shared across the globe. The common etiological pathways through which they harm health present an interesting case of compounding risk via interacting externalities. Using regional and temporal variation in pollution and disease transmission, we find exposure to more air pollution significantly increases influenza hospitalizations. By exploiting the random deviations in influenza vaccine effectiveness over time, we show high influenza vaccine effectiveness neutralizes this relationship. This suggests seemingly disparate policy actions of pollution control and expanded vaccination provide greater returns than found when studied in isolation
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Neidell, Matthew; Sanders, Nicholas J.; Singer, Gregor;2020
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Citations: 4 (based on OpenCitations)