Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass

被引：340

作者：

Currie, Janet ^{[1
]}

Walker, Reed ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10027 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2011年 / 3卷 / 01期

关键词：

PARTICULATE AIR-POLLUTION; ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES; LOS-ANGELES-COUNTY; PRETERM BIRTH; UTAH VALLEY; PM(10) POLLUTION; CHILDRENS HEALTH; STEEL MILL; CALIFORNIA; PREGNANCY;

D O I：

10.1257/app.3.1.65

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We exploit the introduction of electronic toll collection, (E-ZPass), which greatly reduced both traffic congestion and vehicle emissions near highway toll plazas. We show that the introduction of E-ZPass reduced prematurity and low birth weight among mothers within 2 kilometers (km) of a toll plaza by 10.8 percent and 11.8 percent, respectively, relative to mothers 2-10 km from a toll plaza. There were no immediate changes in the characteristics of mothers or in housing prices near toll plazas that could explain these changes. The results are robust to many changes in specification and suggest that traffic congestion contributes significantly to poor health among infants. (JEL I12, J13, Q51, Q53, R41)

引用

页码：65 / 90

页数：26

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