Impact of COVID‑19 Activity Restrictions on Air Pollution: Methodological Considerations in the Economic Valuation of the Long‑Term Effects on Mortality

Impact sur la pollution de l’air des restrictions d’activité liées à la Covid‑19: apports méthodologiques dans l’évaluation économique des effets de long terme sur la mortalité

Olivier Chanel

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Abstract: This article offers an approach incorporating latency into the process for evaluating long‑term mortality and into its economic valuation, following a temporary impact. It is applied to the effects of COVID‑19 activity restrictions, in the spring of 2020, on ambient air pollution in France. These effects are evaluated in terms of Life Years Gained (LYG) and in monetary terms for two air pollution indicators. This approach is compared to a standard estimate on the basis of difference. It gives results that are lower by a factor of 3.7 to 5.5 for LYG and, on account of the additional effect of discounting, gives an economic valuation that is lower by a factor of 4.7 to 6.9. These results show that an adapted valuation of the long‑term health benefits, then their translation into monetary terms, is essential in order to compare the long‑term consequences of temporary exogenous impacts or policies.

Keywords: COVID‑19; long‑term mortality; activity restrictions; air pollution; economic valuation; Covid‑19; mortalité de long terme; restrictions d’activité; pollution de l’air; évaluation économique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-10
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Published in Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2022, 534-35, pp.103-118. ⟨10.24187/ecostat.2022.534.2081⟩

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DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2022.534.2081

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