Toxic Truth: Lead and Fertility

We thank Martha Bailey, Janet Currie, Olivier Deschenes, Daniel Grossman, Gary Libecap, Lowell Taylor and seminar and conference participants at Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Economics of Low-Carbon Markets Workshop, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Higher School of Economics, New Economics School, University of Southern Denmark, University of Virginia, Urban Economics Association - Annual Meeting, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for valuable comments and suggestions. We thank Guy Michaels for sharing his data on the 1944 Highway Plan. Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh, and Edson Severnini gratefully acknowledge financial support from Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, and Margarita Portnykh gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Earhart Foundation, which supported her postdoctoral fellowship at the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• May 15, 2018
• September 7, 2018