The Causal Effects of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure on COVID-19 in India
| dc.creator | Yamada, Takahiro | |
| dc.creator | Yamada, Hiroyuki | |
| dc.creator | Mani, Muthukumara | |
| dc.date | 2021-02-11T18:14:09Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-02-11T18:14:09Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T00:38:30Z | |
| dc.description | This study investigates the causal effects of long-term particulate matter 2.5 exposure on COVID-19 deaths, fatality rates, and cases in India by using an instrumental variables approach based on thermal inversion episodes. The estimation results indicate that a 1 percent increase in long-term exposure to particulate matter 2.5 leads to an increase in COVID-19 deaths by 5.7 percentage points and an increase in the COVID-19 fatality rate by 0.027 percentage point, but this exposure is not necessarily correlated with COVID-19 cases. People with underlying health conditions such as respiratory illness caused by exposure to air pollution might have a higher risk of death following SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding might also apply to other countries where high levels of air pollution are a critical issue for development and public health. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | text/plain | |
| dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655721612964437622/The-Causal-Effects-of-Long-Term-PM2-5-Exposure-on-COVID-19-in-India | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35135 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1596/1813-9450-9543 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/408065 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
| dc.relation | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9543 | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | CORONAVIRUS | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
| dc.subject | PANDEMIC IMPACT | |
| dc.subject | AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION | |
| dc.subject | INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES | |
| dc.subject | THERMAL INVERSION | |
| dc.subject | PARTICULATE MATTER | |
| dc.title | The Causal Effects of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure on COVID-19 in India | |
| dc.type | Working Paper | |
| dc.type | Document de travail | |
| dc.type | Documento de trabajo |