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Article: The winter choke: Coal-Fired heating, air pollution, and mortality in China

TitleThe winter choke: Coal-Fired heating, air pollution, and mortality in China
Authors
KeywordsRegression discontinuity
Winter heating policy
Coal to gas
Mortality
Air pollution
Issue Date2020
Citation
Journal of Health Economics, 2020, v. 71, article no. 102316 How to Cite?
AbstractChina's coal-fired winter heating systems generate large amounts of hazardous emissions that significantly deteriorate air quality. Exploiting regression discontinuity designs based on the exact starting dates of winter heating across different cities, we estimate the contemporaneous impact of winter heating on air pollution and health. We find that turning on the winter heating system increased the weekly Air Quality Index by 36% and caused 14% increase in mortality rate. This implies that a 10-point increase in the weekly Air Quality Index causes a 2.2% increase in overall mortality. People in poor and rural areas are particularly affected by the rapid deterioration in air quality; this implies that the health impact of air pollution may be mitigated by improved socio-economic conditions. Exploratory cost-benefit analysis suggests that replacing coal with natural gas for heating can improve social welfare.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/302253
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.444
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dc.contributor.authorFan, Maoyong-
dc.contributor.authorHe, Guojun-
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Maigeng-
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-30T13:58:06Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-30T13:58:06Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Health Economics, 2020, v. 71, article no. 102316-
dc.identifier.issn0167-6296-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/302253-
dc.description.abstractChina's coal-fired winter heating systems generate large amounts of hazardous emissions that significantly deteriorate air quality. Exploiting regression discontinuity designs based on the exact starting dates of winter heating across different cities, we estimate the contemporaneous impact of winter heating on air pollution and health. We find that turning on the winter heating system increased the weekly Air Quality Index by 36% and caused 14% increase in mortality rate. This implies that a 10-point increase in the weekly Air Quality Index causes a 2.2% increase in overall mortality. People in poor and rural areas are particularly affected by the rapid deterioration in air quality; this implies that the health impact of air pollution may be mitigated by improved socio-economic conditions. Exploratory cost-benefit analysis suggests that replacing coal with natural gas for heating can improve social welfare.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Health Economics-
dc.subjectRegression discontinuity-
dc.subjectWinter heating policy-
dc.subjectCoal to gas-
dc.subjectMortality-
dc.subjectAir pollution-
dc.titleThe winter choke: Coal-Fired heating, air pollution, and mortality in China-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102316-
dc.identifier.pmid32179329-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85081197806-
dc.identifier.volume71-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 102316-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 102316-
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1646-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000533509600012-

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