02855oam 22005413a 450 991069844030332120230902162121.0(NBER)w22955(CKB)4920000000463505(OCoLC)650541199(EXLCZ)99492000000046350520230622d2016 fy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgricultural Fires and Infant Health /Marcos A. Rangel, Tom VoglCambridge, MassNational Bureau of Economic Research2016[Emmitsburg, Md.] :U.S. Fire Administration,[2002]1 online resourceillustrations (black and white);NBER working paper seriesno. w22955December 2016.Includes bibliographical references.Fire has long served as a tool in agriculture, but this practice's human capital consequences have proved difficult to study. Drawing on data from satellites, air monitors, and vital records, we study how smoke from sugarcane harvest fires affects infant health in the Brazilian state that produces one-fifth of the world's sugarcane. Because fires track economic activity, we exploit wind for identification, finding that late-pregnancy exposure to upwind fires decreases birth weight, gestational length, and in utero survival, but not early neonatal survival. Other fires positively predict health, highlighting the importance of disentangling pollution from economic activities that drive it.Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)no. w22955.Externalities • Redistributive Effects • Environmental Taxes and SubsidiesjelcHealth and Economic DevelopmentjelcAgriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary ProductsjelcAir Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • RecyclingjelcStatistics.lcgftExternalities • Redistributive Effects • Environmental Taxes and SubsidiesHealth and Economic DevelopmentAgriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary ProductsAir Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • RecyclingH23jelcI15jelcO13jelcQ53jelcRangel Marcos A1353027Vogl Tom1364638National Bureau of Economic Research.MaCbNBERMaCbNBERBOOK9910698440303321Agricultural Fires and Infant Health3386081UNINA