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Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the US Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the Twentieth Century

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Barreca, Alan, Clay, Karen, Deschenes, Olivier, Greenstone, Michael, Shapiro, Joseph S.·2016·Journal of Political Economy
DOI 10.1086/684582
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This paper examines the temperature-mortality relationship over the course of the twentieth-century United States both for its own interest and to identify potentially useful adaptations for coming decades. There are three primary findings. First, the mortality impact of days with mean temperature exceeding 80°F declined by 75 percent. Almost the entire decline occurred after 1960. Second, the diffusion of residential air conditioning explains essentially the entire decline in hot day–related fatalities. Third, using Dubin and McFadden’s discrete-continuous model, the present value of US consumer surplus from the introduction of residential air conditioning is estimated to be $85–$185 billion (2012 dollars).

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Authors
Barreca, A., Clay, K., Deschenes, O., Greenstone, M., & Shapiro, J. S.
Affiliations
  • Tulane University (US)
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Political Economy
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2016-02
Volume
124
Issue
1
Pages
105-159
ISSN
  • 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-534X
DOI
10.1086/684582
OpenAlex
W3124416644
Cited by
910
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 100 · 2025: 119 · 2024: 123 · 2023: 106 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 92 · 2020: 99 · 2019: 59 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 12
FWCI
32.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • Journal of Political Economy (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
Keywords
temperature-mortality relationship, heat-related mortality, climate change adaptation, residential air conditioning, hot days, consumer surplus, twentieth-century United States

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