Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-Zpass

By Janet Currie, Reed Walker. 2009

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Transportation

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Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II (2018, neutral): “Currie and Walker (2011) and Currie et al. (2013) show that exposure to pollution during pregnancy has particularly negative effects on the developing fetus.”
Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation (2017, background): “Yet, human capital formation depends on many inputs and growing literatures in public health and economics highlight the important role played by prenatal and early childhood health in this process (Cunha and Heckman 2008, Currie and Hyson 1999, Almond and Currie 2011).”
Evaluation of the Impact of Bus Rapid Transit on Air Pollution (2015, background): “The effects of alleviating traffic congestion on infant health are analyzed in Currie and Walker (2011), who show that a reduction in congestion increases the health and development of infants (see also Kampa and Castanas, 2008; Wilhelm et al.”
Bicycle Infrastructure and Traffic Congestion: Evidence from DC's Capital Bikeshare (2018, positive): “Moreover, Currie and Walker (2011) study the effect of reduced congestion induced by the introduction of E-ZPass on infant mortality and birthweight.”
What Do We Know About Short and Long Term Effects of Early Life Exposure to Pollution (2014, positive): “For example, Banzhaf& Walsh (2008) find that high-income families tend to move away from highly polluted areas, and Currie (2011), Currie & Walker (2011), and Currie et al. (2011) find that improving environmental quality in an area increases the share of pregnant women who are white and college…”
The effect of Beijing’s driving restrictions on pollution and economic activity (2015, background): “14 Currie and Walker (2011) find that congestion increases the incidence of premature births and low birth weights.”
Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer (2017, background): “…Deschênes et al. (2012); Currie et al. (2015) on the effects of air pollution on morbidity and expenditures, and Chay and Greenstone (2003); Currie and Neidell (2005); Currie et al. (2009); Currie and Walker (2011) for studies analyzing the effects of pollution on infants’ health and mortality.”
Truth-telling by Third-party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India* (2013, background): “Particulate matter affects respiratory and cardiovascular health and has been shown to increase infant mortality and shorten lifespans (World Health Organization, 2006; Currie and Walker, 2011; Chen et al., 2013).”
Every Breath You Take—Every Dollar You’ll Make: The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970 (2017, positive): “For example, Hanna and Oliva (2011) examine labor supply, while Graff-Zivin and Neidell (2013) study labor productivity.”
Public transit investment and sustainable transportation: A review of studies of transit's impact on traffic congestion and air quality (2015, positive): “Currie and Walker (2011) use the introduction of a new tolling technology in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over the years 1997-2001 which led to reduced congestion and emissions in the region around toll plazas.”
Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation (2012, positive): “Currie and Walker (2011) and Knittel, Miller, and Sanders (2011) both find that decreases in tra c reduce infant mortality.”
Reducing Urban Road Transportation Externalities: Road Pricing in Theory and in Practice (2011, neutral): “Daniel and Bekka (2000) find that if tolling is applied to all roads, environmental benefits reach 30 percent of the benefits from time savings.”
Treatment effect identification using alternative parallel assumptions (2012, methodology): “Currie and Walker (2011): The authors study the e ect of the introduction of electronic toll collection (E-ZPass) on infant health via vehicle emissions near highway toll plazas.”
Run away? Air pollution and emigration interests in China (2017, background): “For example, Chay and Greenstone (2003) and Currie and Walker (2011) estimate the significant effects of air pollution on the infant mortality rate, premature births, and low birth weight using the U.S. data.”