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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Deschênes, Olivier
• Moretti, Enrico

Titel

Extreme weather events, mortality, and migration

Ist Teil von

• The review of economics and statistics, 2009-11, Vol.XCI (4), p.659-681

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We estimate the effect of extreme weather on life expectancy in the United States. Using high-frequency data, we find that both extreme heat and cold result in immediate increases in mortality. The increase in mortality following extreme heat appears mostly driven by near-term displacement, while the increase in mortality following extreme cold is long lasting. We estimate that the number of annual deaths attributable to cold temperature is 0.8% of average annual deaths in our sample. The longevity gains associated with mobility from the Northeast to the Southwest account for 4% to 7% of the total gains in life expectancy experienced by the U.S. population over the past thirty years. Reprinted by permission of the MIT Press