An Assessment of the Benefits of Air Pollution Control:  The Case of Infant Health

Joyce, Ted; Grossman, Michael; Goldman, Fred

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“…Ten studies were ecologic or time series (Bobak and Leon 1992; Chay and Greenstsone 1999 Chay and Greenstsone 2003; Ha et al 2003; Joyce et al 1989; Knöbel et al 1995; Lave and Seskin 1972; Loomis et al 1999; Penna and Duchiade 1991; Sinkura et al 1999), two were cross-sectional (Hunt and Cross 1975; Lipfert et al 2000), two were cohort studies (Gehring et al 2002; Woodruff et al 1997), and one a matched case–control study (Bobak and Leon 1999b). All used area-based estimates of air pollution exposure, except for the German study, which used a Geographic Information Systems model to provide individual ambient pollution estimates (Gehring et al 2002).…”

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“…All used area-based estimates of air pollution exposure, except for the German study, which used a Geographic Information Systems model to provide individual ambient pollution estimates (Gehring et al 2002). Thirteen studies used direct measurements of PM from routine monitoring of the ambient air pollution level by monitoring stations in the study areas (Bobak and Leon 1992, 1999b; Chay and Greenstone 1999, 2003; Ha et al 2003; Hunt and Cross 1975; Joyce et al 1989; Lave and Seskin 1972; Lipfert et al 2000; Loomis et al 1999; Penna and Duchiade 1991; Sinkura et al 1999; Woodruff et al 1997), and one study used visibility as a measure of particulate air pollution, which was reported to be highly correlated with PM 10 levels (Knöbel et al 1995). …”

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“…Five of the ecologic and time-series studies used the annual mean concentrations of particles (Bobak and Leon 1992; Chay and Greenstone 1999, 2003; Lave and Seskin 1972; Penna and Duchiade 1991), whereas the others used means over other periods (Joyce et al 1989; Shinkura et al 1999) or investigated different periods before death (Ha et al 2003; Knöbel et al 1995; Loomis et al 1999). In the case–control study, exposure was assigned as the mean of all 24-hr particulate air pollution measurements for the period between birth and death of the index case (Bobak and Leon 1999b), whereas in the U.S. cohort study, the mean of the PM levels for the first 2 months of life was used (Woodruff et al 1997).…”

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“…Most reviewed studies used total suspended particulates (TSP) (Bobak and Leon 1992, 999b; Chay and Greenstone 1999, 2003; Ha et al 2003; Hunt and Cross 1975; Joyce et al 1989; Lave and Seskin 1972; Penna and Duchiade 1991; Shinkura et al 1999), PM 10 (Lipfert et al 2000; Woodruff et al 1997), or PM 2.5 (Gehring et al 2002; Loomis et al 1999) as measures of exposure to PM. One study used visibility as a measure of particulate air pollution (Knöbel et al 1995).…”

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Does Particulate Air Pollution Contribute to Infant Death? A Systematic Review

Glinianaia¹,

Rankin²,

Bell³

et al. 2004

Environ Health Perspect

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There is now substantial evidence that both short- and long-term increases in ambient air pollution are associated with increased mortality and morbidity in adults and children. Children’s health is particularly vulnerable to environmental pollution, and infant mortality is still a major contributor to childhood mortality. In this systematic review we summarize and evaluate the current level of epidemiologic evidence of an association between particulate air pollution and infant mortality. We identified relevant publications using database searches with a comprehensive list of search terms and other established search methods. We included articles in the review according to specified inclusion criteria. Fifteen studies met our inclusion criteria. Evidence of an association between particulate air pollution and infant mortality in general was inconsistent, being reported from locations with largely comparable pollution levels. There was some evidence that the strength of association with particulate matter differed by subgroups of infant mortality. It was more consistent for post-neonatal mortality due to respiratory causes and sudden infant death syndrome. Differential findings for various mortality subgroups within studies suggest a stronger association of particulate air pollution with some causes of infant death. Research is needed to confirm and clarify these links, using the most appropriate methodologies for exposure assessment and control of confounders.

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Environ Health Perspect

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“…Not only are children self-produced by parents, but children do not have preferences relevant for valuation of mortality risk. 4 Examples of valuations where non-fatality risks are the main concern include Agee and Crocker (1996), Dickie and Messman (2004), Joyce, Grossman, and Goldman (1989), Lui et al (2000), and Viscusi, Magat, and Huber (1987). A general overview of the main empirical findings and methodological difficulties in the economic valuation associated with reduced risks to children is available in Scapecchi (2006).…”

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Altruism, fertility, and the value of children: Health policy evaluation and intergenerational welfare

Birchenall

Soares

2009

Journal of Public Economics

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Evolution of the Infant Health Production Function

Corman¹,

Dave²,

Reichman³

2018

Southern Economic Journal

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Michael Grossman's seminal publication on the demand for health and health production (Grossman 1972) has spawned a substantial body of research focusing on the production of infant health. This article provides a systematic review of the published literature to date on infant health production and how it has evolved over the past 3–4 decades as data have become more available, computing has improved, and econometric methods have become more sophisticated. While empirical research in most fields has expanded in corresponding ways, the infant health production research has become an important part of the broader and inherently multidisciplinary literature on intergenerational health. The strongest and most robust findings are that policies matter for infant health, particularly those affecting access to health care, and that prenatal smoking and other chemical exposures substantially compromise infant health. Promising directions for future research include elucidating relevant pathways, reconciling the largely inconsistent estimated effects of nutrition and education, and exploring the roles of preconceptional and lifetime health care, paternal factors, social support, housing, complementarity and substitutability of inputs, factors that modify effects of inputs, and evolving medical technologies.

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An Assessment of the Benefits of Air Pollution Control: The Case of Infant Health

Abstract: This paper contains estimates of the impacts of air pollutants on race-specific neonatal mortality rates based on data for heavily popu-

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Does Particulate Air Pollution Contribute to Infant Death? A Systematic Review

Does Particulate Air Pollution Contribute to Infant Death? A Systematic Review

Altruism, fertility, and the value of children: Health policy evaluation and intergenerational welfare

Evolution of the Infant Health Production Function

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