Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate Pak Hung Lam recent study, “Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Academic Performance Among Children in North Carolina“, has been featured by the World Economic Forum & WRAL.
The study aimed to address previous limitations of relatively small or less representative samples to explore elevated exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and adverse outcomes on children’s test scores by employing a 2-way fixed-effects model with a large administrative data set in North Carolina.
Read the World Economic Forum article here: https://www.weforum.org/videos/air-pollution-exam-scores/
Read the WRAL feature here: https://www.wral.com/story/air-pollution-can-hurt-students-grades-but-electric-buses-could-help/21318276/
