Temperature Variability and Mortality: Evidence from 16 Asian Countries

This paper presents an empirical analysis devised to understand the complex relationship between extreme temperatures and mortality in 16 Asian countries where more than 50% of the world's population resides. Using a country-year panel on mortality rates and various measures of high temperature...

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Main Author: Olivier Deschenes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The MIT Press 2018-08-01
Series:Asian Development Review
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Online Access:https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/adev_a_00112