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Interactive explainer Somanathan, E., Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan, and Meenu Tewari (2021). Journal of Political Economy, 129(6): 1797–1827
Worker-level data from Indian factories and a national panel of plants: hot days lower output and raise absenteeism, climate control mitigates it, and annual plant output falls with temperature.
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Interactive explainer Davis, Lucas W. (2008). Journal of Political Economy, 116(1): 38–81
Mexico City banned most cars from the road one weekday a week. Hourly pollution-monitor data show no improvement in air quality; the evidence points to households buying extra cars.
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Interactive explainer Cutler, David, and Grant Miller (2005). Demography, 42(1): 1–22
Using the staggered arrival of filtration and chlorination in major US cities, the paper attributes roughly half of the 1900–1936 mortality decline to clean water.
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Interactive explainer Almond, Douglas (2006). Journal of Political Economy, 114(4): 672–712
Cohorts in utero during the 1918 influenza pandemic had lower schooling, income and health decades later — the classic “fetal origins” natural experiment.
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Interactive explainer Björkman, Martina, and Jakob Svensson (2009). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(2): 735–769
A randomised community-monitoring intervention in 50 Ugandan health dispensaries: report cards and community meetings raised staff effort, use of services and child health.
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Interactive explainer Cohen, Jessica, and Pascaline Dupas (2010). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125(1): 1–45
A randomised pricing experiment at Kenyan prenatal clinics: demand for insecticide-treated nets collapses as the price rises, and charging does not make people use them more.