Plausibly Exogenous [859] - Pollution (05/27/2022)
LHS Variable
Test scores
RHS Variable
Air pollution
Source of Exogenous Variation
Instrument for air quality using (i) year-to-year coal production variation and (ii) a shift-share instrument that interacts fuel shares used for nearby power production with national growth rates
- Gilraine and Zheng (2022), “Air Pollution and Student Performance in the U.S.”