Superfund cleanups and infant health
By: Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone, Enrico Moretti
Contributors: Greenstone, Michael, 1968-; Moretti, Enrico; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 16844; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 16844.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: "The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this.  You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email.  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"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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