TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Alexander, Diane
AU  - Schwandt, Hannes
        TI  - The Impact of Car Pollution on Infant and Child Health: Evidence from Emissions Cheating
        PY  - 2019/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12427
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12427
        AB  - Car exhaust is a major source of air pollution, but little is known about its impacts on population health. We exploit the dispersion of emissions-cheating diesel cars - which secretly polluted up to 150 times as much as gasoline cars - across the United States from 2008-2015 as a natural experiment to measure the health impact of car pollution. Using the universe of vehicle registrations, we demonstrate that a 10 percent cheating-induced increase in car exhaust increases rates of low birth weight and acute asthma attacks among children by 1.9 and 8.0 percent, respectively. These health impacts occur at all pollution levels and across the entire socioeconomic spectrum.
        KW  - health
KW  - emissions-cheating
KW  - car pollution
        ER  -