TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chirakijja, Janjala
AU  - Jayachandran, Seema
AU  - Ong, Pinchuan
        TI  - Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality
        PY  - 2019/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12195
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12195
        AB  - This paper examines how the price of home heating affects mortality in the US. Exposure to cold is one reason that mortality peaks in winter, and a higher heating price increases exposure to cold by reducing heating use. It also raises energy bills, which could affect health by decreasing other health-promoting spending. Our empirical approach combines spatial variation in the energy source used for home heating and temporal variation in the national prices of natural gas versus electricity. We find that a lower heating price reduces winter mortality, driven mostly by cardiovascular and respiratory causes.
        KW  - weather-related mortality
KW  - winter mortality
KW  - energy prices
KW  - energy poverty
KW  - fuel poverty
        ER  -