| dc.contributor.author | Currie, Janet | |
| dc.contributor.author | Greenstone, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moretti, Enrico | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-09T15:01:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-09T15:01:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-05 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0002-8282 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1944-7981 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72069 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a site. We study singleton births to mothers residing within 5km of a Superfund site between 1989-2003 in five large states. Our "difference in differences" approach compares birth outcomes before and after a site clean-up for mothers who live within 2,000 meters of the site and those who live between 2,000-5,000 meters of a site. We find that proximity to a Superfund site before cleanup is associated with a 20 to 25% increase in the risk of congenital anomalies. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (NIH grant HD055613-02) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.3.435 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.title | Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Currie, Janet, Michael Greenstone, and Enrico Moretti. “Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health.” American Economic Review 101.3 (2011): 435–441. Web. © 2011 AEA. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.approver | Greenstone, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Greenstone, Michael | |
| dc.relation.journal | American Economic Review | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Currie, Janet; Greenstone, Michael; Moretti, Enrico | en |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
