Health Consequences of the Russian Weather

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova and Pavel Solomin

Ecological Economics, 2017, vol. 132, issue C, 290-306

Abstract: This paper examines and quantifies the impact of weather shocks on all-cause, cardiovascular-, and respiratory-cause mortality for different age groups in Russia. Using a regional panel data analysis from 1989 to 2014, we find that both hot and cold days cause an increase in all-cause and cause-specific mortality. On the other hand, days with extremely cold temperature (below −30°C) may have an opposite impact and reduce mortality. Overall, our findings suggest that the economic costs of all-cause mortality due to one day with hot and cold temperatures correspond to 10.25 million USD and 7.91 million USD or 0.28% and 0.22% of daily GDP in Russia, respectively. The results also suggest that regions frequently experiencing hot and cold temperatures have adapted to these temperatures.

Keywords: Health; Mortality; Temperature; Weather; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 I12 J17 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.10.021

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