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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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The COVID-19 virus, also known as the coronavirus, is currently spreading around the world. While a growing literature …
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-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs is correlated to lower infection and mortality rates. However, due to the …
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This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
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Influenza and air pollution each pose significant public health risks with large global economic consequences. The common pathways through which each harms health presents an interesting case of compounding risk via interacting externalities. Using instrumental variables based on changing wind...
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to the coronavirus pandemic. These measures have caused dramatic increases in unemployment in the short run, with an … than good due to the economic contraction, despite a large literature that finds mortality rates decline during recessions …. We estimate the relationship between unemployment, a widely accepted proxy for economic climate, and mortality in …
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This paper investigates the decline in traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries during the months that COVID-19 stay-at-home orders implemented in Turkey. Taking into account the decline in accidents in March and April together, these rates roughly translate to 200 traffic related deaths and...
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exposure, this study estimates the causal effect of long-term ozone exposure on respiratory mortality. By employing an … mortality by 0.062-0.066 standard deviations. The findings indicate that long-term ozone exposure increases mortality from both … that the respiratory mortality rate responds to long-term ozone exposure nonlinearly, and that there is a critical …
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We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
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Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health depends more than ever on such protective decisions. This...
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