Climate Change and Birth Weight
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Author(s)
Deschenes, Oliver
Greenstone, Michael
Guryan, Jonathan
Date Issued
May 2009
Journal
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings
Publisher
American Economic Association
Citation
Deschenes, Olivier, Michael Greenstone, and Jonathan Guryan. 2009. "Climate Change and Birth Weight." American Economic Review, 99(2): 211–17.© 2011 AEA.
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Final published version
Abstract
There is a growing consensus that emissions
of greenhouse gases due to human activity will
alter the earth’s climate, most notably by causing
temperatures, precipitation levels, and weather
variability to increase. The design of optimal
climate change mitigation policies requires estimates
of the health and other benefits of reductions
in greenhouse gases; current evidence on
the magnitude of the direct and indirect impacts,
however, is considered insufficient for reliable
conclusions (A. J. McMichael et al. 2003).
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.2.211
