TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Peçanha, Vinícius
AU  - Rocha, Rudi
AU  - Szerman, Dimitri
        TI  - The Sun is for Everyone, the Heat for Some: Heatwaves and Mortality within Cities
        PY  - 2026/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18601
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18601
        AB  - If much of the variation in climate exposure occurs across short distances, then so too might the health consequences of heatwaves and the potential for place-based adaptation. We test this by combining high-resolution satellite data and administrative death records from Rio de Janeiro to estimate neighborhood-level heat effects. Nearly 60% of excess elderly mortality is driven by localized exposure differences. Yet as temperatures rise, spatial variation declines and city-wide shocks become more dominant. Preventive care and proximity to emergency services attenuate mortality, but only emergency access remains protective under localized exposure. Intervention points may thus lie hidden within city-level averages.
        KW  - heat waves
KW  - mortality
KW  - mitigation policies
KW  - healthcare
        ER  -