Pollution, severe health conditions, and extreme right-wing ideology: A tale of three contemporary challenges

Morakinyo O. Adetutu and Simona Rasciute

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 237, issue C

Abstract: By exploiting the microgeography of local air pollution at the 1km-by-1 km grid-level, we link local air quality to the voting intentions of a nationally-representative sample of 27,000 UK residents. We find a causal link between air pollution and support for far-right parties: a unit increase in pollution leads to a 3% rise in the probability to support these parties. These intentions are stronger for lung disease and cancer sufferers.

Keywords: Air pollution; Gridded data; Intention to vote; Far-right; United Kingdom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 I10 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111648

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