Does pollution increase school absences?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 682-694

  Currie, Janet ^a   Hanushek, Eric A ^b   Megan Kahn, E ^c   Neidell, Matthew ^a   Rivkin, Steven G ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 76649108559     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.4.682     Document Type: Article

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