Cohen, FrançoisDechezleprêtre, Antoine2022-06-082022-06-082022-05-011945-7731https://hdl.handle.net/2445/186435We 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 2004.32 p.application/pdfeng(c) American Economic Association, 2022Política sanitàriaCreixement econòmicMortalitatMèxicMedical policyEconomic growthMortalityMexicoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7147302022-06-08info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess