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Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being

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Project

Impacts of Environmental Exposures on Cognitive Abilities and Educational Achievement

Risto Conte Keivabu

This project investigates how environmental exposures, including air pollution, temperature, wildfires, and pollen, affect cognitive abilities and educational achievement. It examines whether these exposures widen socioeconomic inequalities in education and whether climate policies can counteract these effects.  Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Education and Science, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Policies, Politics, Administration, Welfare State

Region keywords:

Europe, Spain, World

Publications

Vidogbena, Y. G.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Behrman, J.; Andriano, L.:
Population and Environment 48:17, 1–24. (2026)    
Valdés, M. T.; Espadafor, M. C.; Conte Keivabu, R.:
Population and Environment 47:1, 1–31. (2025)    
Vidogbena, Y. G.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Behrman, J.; Andriano, L.:
IPR working paper series 25-21, Evanston, IL. forthcoming. (2025)    
Bernardi, F.; Conte Keivabu, R.:
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 91:100932, 1–16. (2024)    
Conte Keivabu, R.:
Population and Environment 46:6, 1–20. (2024)    
Conte Keivabu, R.; Widmann, T.:
Iscience 27:6, 1–13. (2024)    
Bernardi, F.; Conte Keivabu, R.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-014. (2023)    
Conte Keivabu, R.:
Genus 79:27, 1–27. (2023)    
Valdés, M. T.; Espadafor, M. C.; Conte Keivabu, R.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-048. (2023)    
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