随风飘荡长期顺风接触发电厂空气污染与成人死亡率

IF 5.5 3区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103072

Shinsuke Tanaka

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摘要

我们估算了长期暴露于化石燃料发电厂排放的空气污染对成人死亡率的因果效应。我们利用每日风向模式的准实验性变化，并通过县城与最近发电厂的距离来进一步确定风向模式。我们发现，从 COVID-19 到 2021 年 1 月的第三个死亡率高峰期，过去 10 年中该县在 20 英里范围内的发电厂下风处度过的天数比例与死亡率的增加有关。这种效应在贫困率高、医疗保险覆盖率低和教育程度低的边缘社区更为明显。

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Blowin’ in the wind: Long-term downwind exposure to air pollution from power plants and adult mortality

We estimate the causal effects of long-term exposure to air pollution emitted from fossil fuel power plants on adult mortality. We leverage quasi-experimental variation in daily wind patterns, which is further instrumented by the county orientation from the nearest power plant. We find that the county’s fraction of days spent downwind of plants within 20 miles in the last 10 years is associated with increased mortality from COVID-19 through the third peak in mortality in January 2021. This effect is more pronounced in fenceline communities with high poverty rates, low health insurance coverage, and low educational attainment.

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Multiple-

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8.00

自引率

4.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management publishes theoretical and empirical papers devoted to specific natural resources and environmental issues. For consideration, papers should (1) contain a substantial element embodying the linkage between economic systems and environmental and natural resources systems or (2) be of substantial importance in understanding the management and/or social control of the economy in its relations with the natural environment. Although the general orientation of the journal is toward economics, interdisciplinary papers by researchers in other fields of interest to resource and environmental economists will be welcomed.