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The relationship between air quality, wealth, and COVID-19 diffusion and mortality across countries

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  • Roberto Antonietti

    (“Marco Fanno” Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, Italy)

  • Paolo Falbo

    (Department of Economics, University of Brescia, Italy)

  • Fulvio Fontini

    (“Marco Fanno” Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova, Italy)

Abstract

This study concerns the relationship between economic wealth, air quality and COVID-19 diffusion and mortality around the world. We show that the level of air quality, in terms of particulate (PM 2.5) concentrations, does not significantly contribute to explaining the diffusion of COVID-19 and the related mortality after accounting for socioeconomic factors, especially per capita GDP. This latter variable significantly correlates with the diffusion of COVID-10 and related mortality, and the result holds for different times when COVID-19 infections and deaths are counted. When we cluster countries by level of wealth, economic openness, macroeconomic structure, CO2 emissions, and climate conditions, we find that higher concentrations of PM 2.5 coincide with more infections and deaths, but only holds in high-income countries.

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  • Roberto Antonietti & Paolo Falbo & Fulvio Fontini, 2020. "The relationship between air quality, wealth, and COVID-19 diffusion and mortality across countries," SEEDS Working Papers 0820, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, revised May 2020.
    • Handle: RePEc:srt:wpaper:0820
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    1. Eleonora Cutrini & Luca Salvati, 2021. "Unraveling spatial patterns of COVID‐19 in Italy: Global forces and local economic drivers," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(S1), pages 73-108, November.

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    Keywords

    COVID-19; pollution; PM2.5; wealth; cross-country analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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