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 … that transboundary air pollution from China significantly increases mortality and morbidity in South Korea. Using these …

life expectancy related to observable factors such as income, gender, and health have large effects on savings, and that …

We develop a life-cycle model of optimal retirement and savings behavior under complete markets where retirement is … caused by worsening health in old age. Our model explains the long-run decline in the age of retirement as an income level … effect. We show that improvements in health and longevity tend to increase the desired retirement age, though less than …

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 …

Accurate estimation of air quality impacts on health outcomes is critical for guiding policy choices to mitigate such … in both air quality and in health impacts that are independent of air quality, confounding pollution-health estimates. To … causal impact of air quality on infant mortality across Sub-Saharan Africa. Combining detailed information on nearly 1 …

Air Act enforcement actions. The health implications of this increase in PM2.5 between 2016 and 2018 are significant. The …

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

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 … health being a durable capital stock that is affected by flows of lifestyle behaviors and environmental conditions whose …

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 …

all quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of pollution on health exploits changes in short-term exposure. Quantifying … 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 …