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Author(s):
Jayachandran S
Year:
2009
Journal:
The Journal of Human Resources. 44 (4): 916-954
Abstract:
Smoke from massive wildfires blanketed Indonesia in late 1997. This paper examines the impact that this air pollution (particulate matter) had on fetal, infant, and child mortality. Exploiting the sharp timing and spatial patterns of the pollution and inferring deaths from "missing children" in the 2000 Indonesian Census, I find that the pollution led to 15,600 missing children in Indonesia (1.2 percent of the affected birth cohorts). Prenatal exposure to pollution drives the result. The effect size is much larger in poorer areas, suggesting that differential effects of pollution contribute to the socioeconomic gradient in health. © 2009 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
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Air Pollution, Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Human Conflict/Displacement
- Air Pollution, Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Human Conflict/Displacement: Particulate Matter
- Air Pollution, Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Human Conflict/Displacement: Wildfire
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Tropical
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Non-United States
- Non-United States: Asia
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Developmental Impact, Morbidity/Mortality
- Developmental Impact, Morbidity/Mortality: Birth Outcome
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Outcome Change Prediction
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Inter-Annual (1-10 years)
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Research Article
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Climate Justice/Climate Equity, Sociodemographic Vulnerability, Vulnerable Population
- Climate Justice/Climate Equity, Sociodemographic Vulnerability, Vulnerable Population: Children, Low Socioeconomic Status