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Climate variability and infectious diseases nexus: evidence from Sweden

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  • Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah

    (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • George Marbuah

    (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Mwenya Mubanga

    (Dept. of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University)

Abstract

In this paper, we present evidence based on a theoretical model developed that links the impact of climate variability on health. Using Swedish data on infectious diseases, we empirically estimate the causal relationship between climate variability and health outcomes. Generally, we find that the number of infectious disease patients and admissions are significantly driven by indicators of climate variability and socio-economic variables such as income and number of immigrants. Specifically, the effect of temperature variation on the health outcomes is ambiguous and sensitive to the choice of winter, summer or average temperature. Precipitation is relevant in explaining the number of infectious disease patients and admissions only when summer temperature considered in the model. Further, we find that an increase in carbon emissions directly causes the number patients and admissions in the summer. The relationship between infectious disease proxies (i.e. patients and admissions) and income per capita follows an inverted-U shape.

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  • Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah & George Marbuah & Mwenya Mubanga, 2016. "Climate variability and infectious diseases nexus: evidence from Sweden," Working Papers 2016.02, FAERE - French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
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    Keywords

    Climate change; Infectious diseases; Migration; Sweden;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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