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Dust pollution from the Sahara and African infant mortality

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  • Sam Heft-Neal

    (Stanford University)

  • Jennifer Burney

    (UC San Diego)

  • Eran Bendavid

    (Stanford University)

  • Kara K. Voss

    (UC San Diego)

  • Marshall Burke

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University
    National Bureau of Economic Research)

Abstract

Estimation of pollution impacts on health is critical for guiding policy to improve health outcomes. Estimation is challenging, however, because economic activity can worsen pollution but also independently improve health outcomes, confounding pollution–health estimates. We leverage variation in exposure to local particulate matter of diameter

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  • Sam Heft-Neal & Jennifer Burney & Eran Bendavid & Kara K. Voss & Marshall Burke, 2020. "Dust pollution from the Sahara and African infant mortality," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(10), pages 863-871, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:10:d:10.1038_s41893-020-0562-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0562-1
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    1. Lenz, Luciane & Bensch, Gunther & Chartier, Ryan & Kane, Moustapha & Peters, Jörg & Jeuland, Marc, 2022. "Releasing the killer from the kitchen? Ventilation and air pollution from biomass cooking," Ruhr Economic Papers 967, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    2. Ogutu B. Osoro & Edward J. Oughton & Andrew R. Wilson & Akhil Rao, 2023. "Sustainability assessment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband megaconstellations," Papers 2309.02338, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2024.
    3. Cook, Nikolai M., 2022. "A Successful Replication of "Dust Pollution From the Sahara and African Infant Mortality"," I4R Discussion Paper Series 5, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
    4. Takanao Tanaka & Shohei Okamoto, 2021. "Increase in suicide following an initial decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 5(2), pages 229-238, February.

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