Air pollution and infant mortality: Evidence from China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Public Finance and Taxation, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210023, China;2. School of Economics, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China;3. School of Finance, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China;1. University of Torino, Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis”, Lungo Dora Siena, 100 I-10153 Torino, TO, Italy;2. University of Gastronomic Sciences, piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 9 I-12042 Bra, CN, Italy;3. OEET-Turin Centre on Emerging Economies – Collegio Carlo Alberto, piazza Arbarello, 8 I-10122 Torino, TO, Italy;4. Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering;1. School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China;2. Institute for Medical Dataology, Shandong University, Jinan, China;1. Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, BT12 6BJ Northern Ireland, United Kingdom;2. School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China;1. Departament of Economics and Posgraduate Program in Economics, Federal University of Alagoas (Universidade Federal de Alagoas), Maceió, AL, Brazil;2. Departament of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil;3. Posgraduate Program in Economics, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil;4. Departament of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG), Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Using a newly assembled prefecture-city level dataset from 2004 to 2015, this paper examines the impact of air pollution on child mortality in China. To identify the causal effect, we exploit ventilation coefficient as the instrument for urban air pollution. We find that a 10 μg/m3 increase in annual PM2.5 concentration causes 163 infant deaths per 100,000 live births per year in a city. |
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| Keywords: | Air pollution Infant mortality China |
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