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We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...
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We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
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Air pollution generates vast health burdens and economic costs around the world. Pollution exposure varies greatly … Global Burden of Disease framework, I find that mortality associated with PM2.5 exposure is even more unequal than pollution …
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In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic … diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health … deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits …
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interventions improve health outcomes. However, these positive effects do not translate to better labor outcomes, such as earnings …
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This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the …
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This paper is the first to investigate the effectiveness of fuel taxation to jointly deliver climate and health benefits … reductions in external damages are health benefits, highlighting the importance of accounting for co-pollution impacts of carbon … newspapers. We further show that gasoline-to-diesel substitution substantially mediates the trade-off between climate and health …
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