TY - JOUR
T1 - The health costs of the industrial leap forward in China: Evidence from the sulfur dioxide emissions of coal-fired power stations
AU - Chen, Shuo
AU - Li, Yiran
AU - Yao, Qin
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank Chicheng Ma and Guo Shi for their helpful advice. We are tremendously appreciative of the expert research assistance provided by Yiming Cao, Zhitao Zhu, Yongtao Li. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 71303059). We alone are responsible for any remaining errors.
Publisher copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - In this study, we attempt to empirically test the effects of air pollution on public health in China. Using three-stage least squares (3SLS) to solve the potential endogeneity problem in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, we find that air pollution has significant negative effects on public health. Specifically, a 1% increase in SO2 emissions is found to lead to 0.067 and 0.004 more deaths per 100,000 population due to respiratory diseases and lung cancer, respectively. In terms of absolute magnitude, every one million ton increase in SO2 emissions results in 0.735 and 0.052 extra deaths due to respiratory diseases and lung cancer per 100,000 population, respectively. Moreover, SO2 emissions result in 230,000 extra deaths every year and the related economic costs over the study period amount to RMB 8.179 billion.
AB - In this study, we attempt to empirically test the effects of air pollution on public health in China. Using three-stage least squares (3SLS) to solve the potential endogeneity problem in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, we find that air pollution has significant negative effects on public health. Specifically, a 1% increase in SO2 emissions is found to lead to 0.067 and 0.004 more deaths per 100,000 population due to respiratory diseases and lung cancer, respectively. In terms of absolute magnitude, every one million ton increase in SO2 emissions results in 0.735 and 0.052 extra deaths due to respiratory diseases and lung cancer per 100,000 population, respectively. Moreover, SO2 emissions result in 230,000 extra deaths every year and the related economic costs over the study period amount to RMB 8.179 billion.
KW - Sulfur dioxide emissions
KW - Respiratory diseases
KW - Lung cancer
KW - China
U2 - 10.1016/j.chieco.2018.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.chieco.2018.01.004
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1043-951X
VL - 49
SP - 68
EP - 83
JO - China Economic Review
JF - China Economic Review
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