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Mortality, Temperature, and Public Adaptation Policy: Evidence from Italy

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  • Pavanello, Filippo
  • Valenti, Giulia

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In 2004, Italy introduced a national program to address heat-related health risks, combining public awareness campaigns, heat-wave warning systems, and hospital protocols. Leveraging administrative mortality data and high-frequency temperature variation, we show that the program reduced heat-related mortality by more than 57% on days at or above 30°C. To identify the mechanisms, we exploit the staggered introduction of heat-wave warning systems across provinces and show that treated areas experienced substantially larger reductions in heat-related mortality. We further document that information disclosure plays a key role in driving these reductions. Overall, our findings underscore the importance of public adaptation policies that rely on information provision to cost-effectively mitigate the health impacts of extreme temperatures.

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  • Pavanello, Filippo & Valenti, Giulia, 2025. "Mortality, Temperature, and Public Adaptation Policy: Evidence from Italy," FEEM Working Papers 386192, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:feemwp:386192
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.386192
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    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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