TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Deryugina, Tatyana
AU  - Molitor, David
        TI  - The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity
        PY  - 2021/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14748
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14748
        AB  - Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other confounders make it difficult to disentangle the effects of place on health from other geographic differences in life expectancy. Recent studies have overcome such challenges to demonstrate that place of residence substantially influences health and mortality. Whether policies that encourage people to move to places that are better for their health or that improve areas that are detrimental to health are desirable depends on the mechanisms behind place effects, yet these mechanisms remain poorly understood.
        KW  - regional variation
KW  - life expectancy
KW  - place effects
        ER  -