%0 Report
        %A Pugatch, Todd
        %T Tropical Storms and Mortality under Climate Change
        %D 2019
        %8 2019 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 12117
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12117
        %X Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital statistics records from a large developing country, Mexico. Using a measure of storm exposure that accounts for both windspeed dispersion and population density along the storm track, I project changes in past storm-related mortality under various scenarios of continued climate change, while holding population and income at current levels. I find that storm-related deaths would have risen under most climate change scenarios considered, with increases of as much as 52% or declines of as much as 10%, depending on the interplay between increasing storm severity and decreased frequency.
        %K climate change
%K human health
%K human mortality
%K natural disasters
%K hurricanes
%K tropical cyclones
%K tropical storms
%K developing countries
%K Latin America
%K Mexico