Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265509 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
I4R Discussion Paper Series No. 5
Publisher: 
Institute for Replication (I4R), s.l.
Abstract: 
This analysis is an independent replication of Heft-Neal et al. (2020). The original authors (HBBVB) provide evidence that particulate matter air pollution increases infant mortality in 30 African nations between 2000 and 2015. They provide three effect estimates. Using ordinary least squares, a 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 exposure results in an estimated 8.6% increase in infant mortality. Using dust in the Bod'el'e depression as an instrumental variable, the same exposure increases infant mortality by 23.6%. Using rainfall in the Bod'el'e depression, the same exposure increases infant mortality by 24.3%. Using similar data and independently developed procedures I find corresponding estimates of 3.4%, 31.0%, and 29.7%.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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