Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245715 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14664
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study examines the effect of a tightening of the U.S. air-quality standard for lead in 2009 on the relocation of battery recycling to Mexico and on infant health in Mexico. In the U.S., airborne lead dropped sharply near affected plants, most of which were battery-recycling plants. Exports of used batteries to Mexico rose markedly. In Mexico, production increased at battery-recycling plants, relative to comparable industries, and birth outcomes deteriorated within two miles of those plants, relative to areas slightly farther away. The case provides a salient example of a pollution-haven effect between a developed and a developing country.
Subjects: 
pollution-haven hypothesis
environmental regulation
infant health
JEL: 
F18
Q56
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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