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SUBMITTER: Cho H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7089350 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Population and environment 20191202 3
The effects from rising temperatures, a symptom of climate change, have become a significant concern. This study finds that one additional day with a maximum temperature of 30-32 °C (86-89.6 °F), relative to a day with a temperature of 28-30 °C (82.4-86 °F), decreases the birth rate 9 months later by 0.24%, or 92 babies per month in South Korea. This result is robust to various specifications and samples. This study also found that the impact of the temperature bin did not vary according to the ...[more]