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Air Pollution and Under-5 Child Mortality: Evidence from China's Coal Power Plant Phase-out Policy

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  • X. Liu
  • H. Yu

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This paper evaluates the impact of a mandatory shutdown policy of small-capacity coal power plants during China's $11^{th}$ Five-Year Plan (2006--2010) on under-5 mortality. We collect information on 2181 coal power plants that operated during 2000--2010 and compile a unique dataset combining coal power plants, county-level under-5 mortality and socioeconomic variables, high spatial resolution data of PM$_{2.5}$ and SO$_2$ and meteorological conditions. We model the impacts of air pollution on under-5 mortality using IV-Lasso method, with distance-weighted sums of retired capacity and high altitude wind conditions as instrument candidates for air pollutants. Our estimates imply the phase-out policy saved around 46,000 lives during the $11^{th}$ Five-Year Plan period. We also find heterogeneity in policy effects across regions.

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  • X. Liu & H. Yu, 2024. "Air Pollution and Under-5 Child Mortality: Evidence from China's Coal Power Plant Phase-out Policy," Papers 2411.10728, arXiv.org.
  • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2411.10728
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