Impacts of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) on infant mortality: a quasi-experimental study in the USA, 2003-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first mandatory market-based regulatory programme to limit regional carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the USA. Empirical evidence has shown that high concentrations of ambient air pollutants such as CO₂ have been positively associated with an increased risk of morbidity (eg, respiratory conditions including asthma and lung cancer) and premature mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of RGGI on death rates in infancy.

Design

A quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design.

Setting and participants

We estimated the impacts of RGGI on infant mortality from 2003 through 2014 in the USA (6 years before and after RGGI implementation). Our analytic models incl

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500359 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature