This dataset supports research on the causal link between leaded gasoline use and elderly mortality, exploiting regulatory exemptions as a quasi-experiment. It was authored by Alex Hollingsworth and last updated in February 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between regulatory exemptions for leaded gasoline and elderly mortality rates.
- Estimate the economic damages per gram of lead added to gasoline using mortality estimates.
- Investigate ambient lead levels and elevated blood lead rates as mediators for mortality effects.
- Rule out potential confounders like correlated pollutants or socioeconomic status in mortality analysis.
Strengths
- Provides the first causal estimates linking adult mortality to leaded gasoline.
- Presents policy-relevant cost estimates at the lowest ambient levels to date.
- Exploits a novel quasi-experimental design using regulatory exemptions.
Limitations
- Specific column names, data volume, and sample size are unknown.
- The geographic scope and temporal coverage of the underlying data are not specified.
- The dataset's completeness and granularity cannot be assessed from the provided input.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Data gathered exploiting regulatory exemptions and a quasi-experimental design.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
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