Detailed Information

Cited 0 time in webofscience Cited 0 time in scopus
Metadata Downloads

Fine Dust is Coming Again: The Effect of Air Pollution on Health Using Seasonal Weather PatternsFine Dust is Coming Again: The Effect of Air Pollution on Health Using Seasonal Weather Patterns

Other Titles
Fine Dust is Coming Again: The Effect of Air Pollution on Health Using Seasonal Weather Patterns
Authors
곽승준조재일최은철
Issue Date
2022
Publisher
한국자료분석학회
Keywords
Air pollution; Fine Dust; 2SLS Panel Analysis.
Citation
Journal of The Korean Data Analysis Society, v.24, no.5, pp 1625 - 1637
Pages
13
Indexed
KCI
Journal Title
Journal of The Korean Data Analysis Society
Volume
24
Number
5
Start Page
1625
End Page
1637
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/146664
DOI
10.37727/jkdas.2022.24.5.1625
ISSN
1229-2354
2733-9173
Abstract
Air pollution, especially fine dust(PM10) and ultra-fine dust(PM2.5), adversely affects people’s health status. However, measuring its effect has been an ongoing debate in health economics and related fields. Air pollution levels are highly correlated to economic conditions (firms produce more during the economic boom increasing the air pollution levels and vice-versa during the recession), which affect individual decisions on medical expenditure and avoidance behavior. In this light, our study uses seasonal weather patterns (i.e., wind direction and wind speed) as instruments to measure and analyze the causal effect of air pollution(PM10 and PM2.5) on mortality. Instruments are robust and valid as seasonal wind patterns are known to affect the air pollution level while they are orthogonal to people's health. Our panel fixed instrumental variable regression results show the clear adverse effect of PM10 and PM2.5 on the number of deaths, especially the deaths caused by cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Moreover, we also have found that the effect of PM2.5 is more detrimental to health than PM10.
Files in This Item
There are no files associated with this item.
Appears in
Collections
College of Political Science & Economics > Department of Economics > 1. Journal Articles

qrcode

Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Related Researcher

Researcher Kwak, Seung Jun photo

Kwak, Seung Jun
College of Political Science & Economics (Department of Economics)
Read more

Altmetrics

Total Views & Downloads

BROWSE