Although non-experimental studies find robust neighborhood effects on adults, such findings have been challenged by …

preventing teenagers from smoking will ensure that fewer adults smoke, but direct evidence in support of this assumption is scant …. Using data from three nationally representative sources and cigarette taxes experienced as a teenager as an instrument, we … through raising cigarette taxes roughly translates into 5 or 6 fewer eventual adult smokers. We conclude that efforts to …

Do urban children live more segregated lives than urban adults? Using cellphone location data and following the … patterns for children and adults can explain why urban density appears to boost adult wages but reduce intergenerational income … identify based on their time spent at a high school--and adults. We find that students in cities experience significantly less …

cognitive skills of adults. We find that exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) impairs adult cognitive function, and that these …