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Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico

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https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180594

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We examine the impact of temperature on mortality in Mexico using daily data over the period 1998-2017 and find that 3.8 percent of deaths in Mexico are caused by suboptimal temperature (26,000 every year). However, 92 percent of weather-related deaths are induced by cold (<12 degrees C) or mildly cold (12-20 degrees C) days and only 2 percent by outstandingly hot days (>32 degrees C). Furthermore, temperatures are twice as likely to kill people in the bottom half of the income distribution. Finally, we show causal evidence that the Seguro Popular, a universal health care policy, has saved at least 1,600 lives per year from cold weather since 2004.

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Política sanitària, Creixement econòmic, Mortalitat, Mèxic

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Medical policy, Economic growth, Mortality, Mexico

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COHEN, François and DECHEZLEPRÊTRE, Antoine. Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 2022. Vol. 14, num. 2, pags. 161-192. ISSN 1945-7731. [consulted: 30 of May of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/186435

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