Cleaner air, healthier beginnings 🌎👶

A new study finds that the EPA’s air-quality reforms did more than cut pollution—they improved lives from birth.

💡 Low birth weight ↓ 5.5%
💡 Very preterm births ↓ 13%
💡 Biggest gains for Black, low-educated & single mothers

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Thrilled that my JMP found a home in the Journal of International Economics (@jintlecon.bsky.social)!🎉

This paper examines how NAFTA-induced trade shocks affected U.S. infant 👶 health.
Full paper:🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kktQ5330m...

#Economics #TradePolicy #HealthEconomics #NAFTA #BirthOutcomes