We examine the effect of traffic pollution on student outcomes by leveraging variation in wind
patterns for schools the same distance from major highways. We compare within-student …

This paper identifies the impact of installing air filters in classrooms for the first time. To do
so, I leverage a unique setting arising from the largest gas leak in US history, whereby the …

Coal is a primary source of both global energy and air pollution. This paper presents the first
causal evidence of the impact of pollution due to coal power plant emissions on cognitive …

We examine the implications of school choice on walkability, school travel mode and overall
environmental emissions. In developing this proof-of-concept model we show—and quantify …

Children with consistent exposure to air pollution have increased asthma, chronic
respiratory problems, and neurobehavioral dysfunction. However, many schools are located …

Poor air quality has been shown to harm the health and development of children. Research
on these relationships has focused almost exclusively on the effects of human-made …

Using detailed education data for 1996–2012 from the state of Florida, we examine whether
pollution from local Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites affects student achievement and high …

Children are vulnerable to environmental hazards and spend significant portions of their
days at school. However, just one national-level study has examined school-level …

We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using administrative data for
elementary and middle school children in 39 of the largest school districts in Texas merged …

I examine the effect of school indoor air quality (IAQ) on academic outcomes. I utilize a quasi-
natural experiment, in which IAQ-renovations were completed at virtually every school in a …