An Econometric Analysis of Atmospheric Pollution, Environmental Disparities and Mortality Rates

Emmanuelle Lavaine ()
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Emmanuelle Lavaine: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: This paper presents the first study of environmental inequality related to health in France on the national scale. Through econometric analysis based on panel data from 2000 to 2004, at the level of France's departments (administrative areas similar in size to counties in the United Kingdom or the United States.), I investigate the total mortality rate in relation to socioeconomic status and air pollution. The concentration level of NO2,O3 and PM10 are estimated by spatial interpolation from local observations made by a network of monitoring stations. I found a positive and significant relationship between NO2 levels and the mortality rate, at mean levels below the current standard, with a greater relative risk for women. Moreover I observed disparities in health related to income among French departments. These results not only confirm the existence of a relationship between current air pollution levels and mortality but also raise questions about environmental policy implications in France.

Keywords: ·Spatial autocorrelation; Air pollution; ·Environmental economics; ·Environmental impact·Inequality; ·Mortality rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in Environmental and Resource Economics, 2014, 60 (2), pp.215-242. ⟨10.1007/s10640-014-9765-0⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10640-014-9765-0

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