The 9/11 Dust Cloud and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Reconsideration

Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt

Journal of Human Resources, 2016, vol. 51, issue 4, 805-805-831

Abstract: The events of 9/11 released a million tons of toxic dust into lower Manhattan, an unparalleled environmental disaster. It is puzzling, then, that the literature has shown little effect of fetal exposure to the dust. However, inference is complicated by preexisting differences between the affected mothers and other NYC mothers as well as heterogeneity in effects on boys and girls. Using all births in-utero on 9/11 in NYC and comparing them to their siblings, we show that residence in the affected area increased prematurity and low birth weight, especially for boys.

Date: 2016
Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.51.4.0714-6533R
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