Almond, Douglas; Edlund, Lena; Palme, Mårten - In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124 (2009) 4, pp. 1729-1772
We use prenatal exposure to Chernobyl fallout in Sweden as a natural experiment inducing variation in cognitive ability. Students born in regions of Sweden with higher fallout performed worse in secondary school, in mathematics in particular. Damage is accentuated within families (i.e., siblings...