Does cleaning up drinking water save lives?
New paper: We link US federal drinking water investments to Medicare records and find they reduce mortality among older Americans, with benefit/cost ratio>20.
Thread on what we did...
w/ Keiser, @bhashmazumder.bsky.social , @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social
Joseph Shapiro
David Molitor
US drinking water pollution has fallen rapidly; Safe Drinking Water Act loans reduce pollution and save lives. Analyzing 266 million pollution readings, from Keiser, @bhashmazumder.bsky.social, @davidmolitor.bsky.social, and @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w35288