This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout

Sandra E. Black, Aline Bütikofer, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes

NBER Working Paper No. 18987
Issued in April 2013, Revised in October 2017

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We thank Tone D. Bergan at the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority for providing us with the data she digitalized from the original archives at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI), and for her help in clarifying measurement issues. The authors thank the Norwegian Research Council for financial support. We also appreciate comments from presentations at the NBER Summer Institute, Bocconi, Columbia University, MIT, Northwestern University, Boston College, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Oxford University, University of Essex, University of Toronto, Simon Fraser University, Harrison School Chicago University, Northwestern University, Statistics Norway, Stockholm School of Economics, University of Bern, University of British Columbia, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California San Diego, University of St. Gallen, Trinity College Dublin, and a workshop at the Norwegian School of Economics. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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