respondents. We examine how homeowners in the United Kingdom and Italy value mortality risk reductions by asking them to choose … among hypothetical variants of their home that differ in terms of mortality risks from air pollution and price. To our … find that those who face higher baseline risks, due to higher air pollution levels where they live, hold a higher VSL …

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, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat …

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, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme …

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …

mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind … robust to a host of sensitivity tests. These results suggest that air pollution plays an important role in mediating the …

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 directions, we show increased levels of contemporaneous pollution …

Air pollution is a global public health threat, responsible for more deaths annually than conventional lifestyle risk … factors. While the link between particulate pollution and cardiovascular disease is well-established, evidence for gaseous … cardiovascular disease mortality impact. Across a comprehensive range of empirical specifications, we observe a robust economically …

Purpose: Air pollution and its adverse health effects result in an economic cost to society. Given that the burden of … disease from air pollution is to a large extent preventable, estimation of the magnitude of its economic cost is important. We … pollution, as well as their joint effects, in Greece. Design/methodology/approach: We analyze the economic cost of the health …

gauge the effect of exposure to air pollution on US life expectancy. Using changes in wind direction as an instrument for … daily sulfur dioxide levels, we first characterize the short-run mortality effects of acute exposure during the time period … 1972-1988. Exposure causes two distinct mortality patterns: a short-run mortality displacement effect, and a persistent …