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The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity

  • Tatyana Deryugina
  • David Molitor
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 35, no. 4, Fall 2021
(pp. 147-70)
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Abstract

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.

Citation

Deryugina, Tatyana, and David Molitor. 2021. "The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35 (4): 147-70. DOI: 10.1257/jep.35.4.147

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JEL Classification

  • H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
  • I12 Health Behavior
  • I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
  • R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
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