Surface Water Quality and Infant Mortality in China

Surface water pollution has a significant, nonmonotonic effect on the infant mortality rate in China. As surface water quality deteriorates, the infant mortality rate first increases and then decreases. Thus, moderate levels of pollution--in the absence of good information on water quality--are the...

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Published in:Economic development and cultural change 2016-10, Vol.65 (1), p.119-139
Main Authors: HE, GUOJUN, PERLOFF, JEFFREY M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Impact analysis
Infant mortality
Mortality
Studies
Surface water
Water pollution
Water quality
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Summary:Surface water pollution has a significant, nonmonotonic effect on the infant mortality rate in China. As surface water quality deteriorates, the infant mortality rate first increases and then decreases. Thus, moderate levels of pollution--in the absence of good information on water quality--are the most dangerous. [web URL: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/687603]
ISSN:0013-0079
1539-2988
DOI:10.1086/687603