inpatient surgery records from a major city in China, we track post-surgery survival for over 1 million patients, and document a … significant increase of hospital mortality among those who underwent surgeries on days with high particulate matter pollution …, before or after the surgery, is primarily explanatory of the excess mortality. Second, a small but high-risk group - elderly …

Has the expansion in exports affected pollution and health outcomes across different prefectures in China in the two … the rest of the world. We find that the pollution content of export affected pollution and mortality. A one standard … deviation increase in PollutionExportShock increases infant mortality by 2.2 deaths per thousand live births, which is about 13 …

that transboundary air pollution from China significantly increases mortality and morbidity in South Korea. Using these … in atmospheric science into econometric estimation with microdata on mortality and health. Combining transboundary … particle trajectory data with the universe of individual-level mortality and emergency room visit data in South Korea, we find …

causal impact of air quality on infant mortality across Sub-Saharan Africa. Combining detailed information on nearly 1 ….5 concentration driven by distant dust emission causes a 22% increase in infant mortality across our African sample (95% CI: 10 …-35%), an effect comparable to quasi-experimental pollution-infant mortality estimates from wealthier countries. We also show …

(particulate matter) had on fetal, infant, and child mortality. Exploiting the sharp timing and spatial patterns of the pollution …

one percentage point reduction in unemployment is predicted to raise AMI mortality by 1.3 percent, with a larger increase … the frail elderly. AMI mortality risk quickly rises when the economy strengthens and increases further if the favorable …

emissions in the city. These events are compared to detailed new weekly mortality data. My results show that acute pollution … mortality effects of pollution. As a result, success in reducing the infectious diseases burden in London in the 20th century …

in endogenous pollution exposure. We estimate the effects of long-run pollution exposure on mortality among adults by … many potential confounding effects. We use a difference-indifferences design, comparing changes in mortality over time in … counties "near" regulated plants to changes in mortality in similar counties "far" from the plants. We find relative mortality …

We estimate the causal effects of acute fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure on mortality and health care use …