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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2018 Aug 13;61:134–150. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.07.004

Table 6:

Impact of Well Density on Birth Outcomes


(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Low Birth Weight Term Birth Weight Premature

Wells within 2.5 km * post 0.00308*** 0.00306*** ™4.864*** ™5.386*** 0.00266** 0.00257**
(0.000868) (0.000931) (1.783) (1.632) (0.00121) (0.00123)
Observations 21610 21610 19978 19978 21,189 21,189
R2 0.009 0.021 0.013 0.076 0.008 0.011
Pre-drilling Mean 0.057 0.057 3416 3416 0.079 0.079

Maternal Characteristics No Yes No Yes No Yes

Notes: Each coefficient is from a different regression. The sample is limited to singleton births and to having a well or permit within 2.5 km. All regressions include an indicator for drilling before birth (defined by closest well), number of wells within 2.5km (including future wells) and the interaction of interest: number of wells within 2.5km *post-drilling. See Table 4 for details about other included covariates.

Significance:

*

p<0.10,

**

p<0.05,

***

p<0.01.