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Mortality, Temperature, and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico

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  • François Cohen
  • Antoine Dechezleprêtre

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We examine the impact of temperature on mortality in Mexico using daily data over the period 1998–2017 and find that 3.8 percent of deaths in Mexico are caused by suboptimal temperature (26,000 every year). However, 92 percent of weather-related deaths are induced by cold (32 degrees C). Furthermore, temperatures are twice as likely to kill people in the bottom half of the income distribution. Finally, we show causal evidence that the Seguro Popular, a universal health care policy, has saved at least 1,600 lives per year from cold weather since 2004.

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  • François Cohen & Antoine Dechezleprêtre, 2022. "Mortality, Temperature, and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 14(2), pages 161-192, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:161-92
    DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180594
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    1. Steffen Künn & Juan Palacios, 2023. "Health Implications of Building Retrofits: Evidence from a Population-Wide Weatherization Program," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1186, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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