主题：Lead in Drinking Water and Child Health: Evidence from Jackson, Mississippi
主讲人：Kendall Kennedy 密西西比州立大学
主持人：蒋璇 暨南大学
时间：2024年5月9日（周四）下午15:30-17:00
地点：暨南大学石牌校区经济学院大楼（中惠楼）102室
摘要
This paper quantifies the impact of lead exposure in drinking water on the health of children and of infants at birth by exploiting a quasi-experiment in Jackson, Mississippi. This setting provides a unique context where behavioral changes to avoid lead-contaminated water are limited. Unlike more well-known lead crises like Flint, Michigan’s, Jackson did not disseminate information about lead contamination for 7 months and changes in water quality were undetectable by sight or taste. Using data on child blood lead levels (BLL), we find that lead exposure increases children’s BLL and the fraction of children with BLL of 3 micrograms per deciliter or above. We also find that prenatal lead exposure significantly increases the incidence of low birth weight.
主讲人简介
Kendall Kennedy，Mississippi State University经管学院助理教授。研究领域包括劳动经济学、公共经济学、健康经济学。于2018年从Purdue University获得博士学位，曾作为访问学者在Brown University经济学系进行研究。研究成果发表在知名经济学期刊，如Labour Economics，Journal of Population Economics，Journal of Policy Analysis and Management，Economic Inquiry等。主持美国国家自然科学基金和W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research基金。
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校对|蒋璇
责编|彭毅
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