The Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Pollution Exposure: Evidence from the London Smog

• Tác giả: Emil N Sørensen, Stephanie von Hinke
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 614.71 Forensic medicine; incidence of injuries, wounds, disease; public preventive medicine
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2022
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 194503

Tóm tắt

This paper uses a large UK cohort to investigate the impact of early-life pollution exposure on individuals' human capital and health outcomes in older age. We compare individuals who were exposed to the London smog in December 1952 whilst in utero or in infancy to those born after the smog and those born at the same time but in unaffected areas. We find that those exposed to the smog have substantially lower fluid intelligence and worse respiratory health, with some evidence of a reduction in years of schooling.