What do we know about short- and long-term effects of early-life exposure to pollution?

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 217-247

  Currie, Janet ^a   Zivin, Joshua Graff ^b,c   Mullins, Jamie ^c   Neidell, Matthew ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Economics   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance behavior; child; environment; health; human capital; latent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908265119     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100913-012610     Document Type: Article

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