Data and Code for: The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Molitor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Project Description

Summary: Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other confounders make it difficult to disentangle the effects of place on health from other geographic differences in life expectancy. Recent studies have overcome such challenges to demonstrate that place of residence substantially influences health and mortality. Whether policies that encourage people to move to places that are better for their health or that improve areas that are detrimental to health are desirable depends on the mechanisms behind place effects, yet these mechanisms remain poorly understood. This repository contains data and code accompanying the article.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Life expectancy; regional variation; place effects

JEL Classification:
I10 Health: General
R10 General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)

Geographic Coverage: United States, Europe

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