PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rosales-Rueda, Maria AU - Triyana, Margaret TI - The Persistent Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Air Pollution AID - 10.3368/jhr.54.4.0117.8497R1 DP - 2019 Oct 02 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 1037--1080 VI - 54 IP - 4 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/4/1037.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/4/1037.full SO - J Hum Resour2019 Oct 02; 54 AB - We analyze the effects of early-life exposure to air pollution in a developing country on children’s long-term human capital outcomes. We exploit the geographical variation of the 1997 Indonesian forest fires and cohort variation in exposure as a natural experiment. Children exposed to the fires are shorter on average three years post-exposure and have lower lung capacity 10 years post-exposure, but only children who were exposed in utero continue to exhibit shorter stature at 10 and 17 years post-exposure. We find suggestive evidence that these persistent effects may be due to expectant mothers experiencing poorer respiratory health during the fires.