Misfortunes never come singly: consecutive weather shocks and mortality in Russia

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.008" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.008</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.008" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.008</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Misfortunes never come singly: consecutive weather shocks and mortality in Russia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper examines the impacts of extremely hot and cold days on mortality in Russia, using a 25-year regional panel data. Unlike other studies, the sequence of those extreme days is also taken into account, that is, the impacts of both single and consecutive (i.e. heat waves and cold spells) extreme days are estimated simultaneously. We demonstrate the importance of accounting for the sequence of extreme days. We also disentangle the impacts of those extremes by age and gender. The findings suggest that single hot days increase mortality, while single cold days do not affect mortality. On the other hand, both consecutive hot and consecutive cold days increase mortality in females and males for all age groups, although males are affected more severely. Overall, consecutive days with extreme temperatures impose considerable costs to society in terms of years of life lost. Thus, ignoring the sequences of extreme days that are likely to increase in the future because of climate change may have critical implications for mitigation policies.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Misfortunes never come singly: consecutive weather shocks and mortality in Russia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper examines the impacts of extremely hot and cold days on mortality in Russia, using a 25-year regional panel data. Unlike other studies, the sequence of those extreme days is also taken into account, that is, the impacts of both single and consecutive (i.e. heat waves and cold spells) extreme days are estimated simultaneously. We demonstrate the importance of accounting for the sequence of extreme days. We also disentangle the impacts of those extremes by age and gender. The findings suggest that single hot days increase mortality, while single cold days do not affect mortality. On the other hand, both consecutive hot and consecutive cold days increase mortality in females and males for all age groups, although males are affected more severely. Overall, consecutive days with extreme temperatures impose considerable costs to society in terms of years of life lost. Thus, ignoring the sequences of extreme days that are likely to increase in the future because of climate change may have critical implications for mitigation policies.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Economics and Human Biology

ISSN

1570-677X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

31

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

September

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

249-258

Kód UT WoS článku

000453492200019

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85054907515