The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis
Biomass consumption causes indoor air pollution which impairs health and environment. In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between biomass fuel consumption and measures of life expectancy and infant and child mortality. Using 13 years of cross-country panel data which covers 105 countr...
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Biomass consumption causes indoor air pollution which impairs health and environment. In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between biomass fuel consumption and measures of life expectancy and infant and child mortality. Using 13 years of cross-country panel data which covers 105 countries over the period 2000-2012, we applied fixed effect model and instrumental variable regression. We find that solid fuel combustion causes increase in infant and child mortality and decreases in male and female life expectancy. A back-of-the envelope calculation suggests that, if the solid fuel consumption gap between low-income and lower-middle income countries were reduced by 50 percent, infant and child mortality in the low-income countries decrease by 16.5 and 29.8 per thousand respectively, and life expectancy would increase by 1.0 and 1.5 years for males and females respectively. Our findings suggest that governments, particularly of developing countries, should focus efforts to reduce solid fuel use.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cb48f63b16146e1af743c93a0bb5ebf2023-02-15T16:19:35ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Energy Economics and Policy2146-45532023-01-0113110.32479/ijeep.13498The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel AnalysisMuhammad Irfan0Michael P. Cameron1Gazi Hassan2School of Economics and Management, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia,School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand.School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Biomass consumption causes indoor air pollution which impairs health and environment. In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between biomass fuel consumption and measures of life expectancy and infant and child mortality. Using 13 years of cross-country panel data which covers 105 countries over the period 2000-2012, we applied fixed effect model and instrumental variable regression. We find that solid fuel combustion causes increase in infant and child mortality and decreases in male and female life expectancy. A back-of-the envelope calculation suggests that, if the solid fuel consumption gap between low-income and lower-middle income countries were reduced by 50 percent, infant and child mortality in the low-income countries decrease by 16.5 and 29.8 per thousand respectively, and life expectancy would increase by 1.0 and 1.5 years for males and females respectively. Our findings suggest that governments, particularly of developing countries, should focus efforts to reduce solid fuel use. https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/13498Solid fuelsIndoor air pollutionChild mortalityLife expectancyCausal relationship |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Irfan Michael P. Cameron Gazi Hassan The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy Solid fuels Indoor air pollution Child mortality Life expectancy Causal relationship |
| title | The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis |
| title_full | The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis |
| title_fullStr | The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis |
| title_short | The Causal Impact of Solid Fuel Use on Mortality – A Cross- Country Panel Analysis |
| title_sort | causal impact of solid fuel use on mortality a cross country panel analysis |
| topic | Solid fuels Indoor air pollution Child mortality Life expectancy Causal relationship |
| url | https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/13498 |
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