Replication data for: Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India

Using the most comprehensive developing country dataset ever
compiled on air and water pollution and environmental regulations,
the paper assesses India's environmental regulations with a
difference-in-differences design. The air pollution regulations are
associated with substantial improvements in air quality. The most
successful air regulation resulted in a modest but statistically
insignificant decline in infant mortality. In contrast, the water
regulations had no measurable benefits. The available evidence leads
us to cautiously conclude that higher demand for air quality prompted
the effective enforcement of air pollution regulations, indicating that
strong public support allows environmental regulations to succeed in
weak institutional settings.