Data and Code for: Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University, IZA and NBER; Kerwin Charles, Yale University; Daniel Rees, University of Colorado Denver

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Project Citation:

Anderson, D. Mark, Charles, Kerwin, and Rees, Daniel. Data and Code for: Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-03-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E111707V1

Project Description

Summary: Using data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900-1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against food- and water-borne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting bacteriological standards for milk, which have received little attention, we provide new evidence on the effects of water filtration and chlorination, extending the work of previous scholars. Although water filtration is associated with an 11-12 percent reduction in infant mortality, none of the other interventions under study appear to have contributed to the observed mortality declines.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I18 Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
      J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
      N31 U.S. • Canada: Pre-1913
      N32 U.S. • Canada: 1913-
      N32

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