Data and Code for: The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity

Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other confounders make it difficult to disentangle the effects of place on health from other geographic differences in life expectancy. Recent studies have overcome such challenges to demonstrate that place of residence substantially influences health and mortality. Whether policies that encourage people to move to places that are better for their health or that improve areas that are detrimental to health are desirable depends on the mechanisms behind place effects, yet these mechanisms remain poorly understood. <b>This repository contains data and code accompanying the article.</b><br>

一国范围内各地方区域的预期寿命存在显著差异，由此催生了"居住地域会影响健康"的猜想。然而，人口分选效应与其他混杂因素的存在，使得难以将居住地域对健康的影响与预期寿命的其他地域差异区分开来。近期已有研究克服了上述挑战，证实居住地域会对健康与死亡率产生显著影响。鼓励民众迁往更有益于健康的地域，或是改善对健康有害的区域的相关政策是否可取，取决于地域效应背后的作用机制，但目前学界对这些机制的认知仍十分有限。<b>本开源代码仓库包含本论文配套的数据与代码。</b><br>