Can natural gas save lives? Evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country
| Autor: | Resul Cesur, Aydogan Ulker, Erdal Tekin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male History Polymers and Plastics Turkey Natural resource economics Air pollution Developing country Natural Gas 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Natural gas Air Pollution 0502 economics and business medicine Humans Coal Business and International Management Mortality 050207 economics Developing Countries Air quality index Fuel delivery Aged 0105 earth and related environmental sciences business.industry Health Policy 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Software deployment Environmental science Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Economics. 59:91-108 |
| ISSN: | 0167-6296 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.03.001 |
| Popis: | There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. We examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly by exploiting the variation in the timing of the deployment and the intensity of expansion of gas networks across provinces using data from 2001 to 2016. The results indicate that the expansion of natural gas has caused significant reductions in mortality among both adults and the elderly. These findings are supported by our auxiliary analysis, which demonstrates that the expansion of natural gas networks might have led to a significant improvement in air quality. Furthermore, we show that the mortality gains are primarily driven by reductions in cardio-respiratory deaths, which are more likely to be due to conditions caused or exacerbated by air pollution. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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