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Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities.


ABSTRACT: In light of the existing preliminary evidence of a link between Covid-19 and poor air quality, which is largely based upon correlations, we estimate the relationship between long term air pollution exposure and Covid-19 in 355 municipalities in the Netherlands. Using detailed data we find compelling evidence of a positive relationship between air pollution, and particularly PM2.5 concentrations, and Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths. This relationship persists even after controlling for a wide range of explanatory variables. Our results indicate that, other things being equal, a municipality with 1 ?g/m3 more PM2.5 concentrations will have 9.4 more Covid-19 cases, 3.0 more hospital admissions, and 2.3 more deaths. This relationship between Covid-19 and air pollution withstands a number of sensitivity and robustness exercises including instrumenting pollution to mitigate potential endogeneity in the measurement of pollution and modelling spatial spillovers using spatial econometric techniques.

SUBMITTER: Cole MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7399597 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities.

Cole Matthew A MA   Ozgen Ceren C   Strobl Eric E  

Environmental & resource economics 20200804 4


In light of the existing preliminary evidence of a link between Covid-19 and poor air quality, which is largely based upon correlations, we estimate the relationship between long term air pollution exposure and Covid-19 in 355 municipalities in the Netherlands. Using detailed data we find compelling evidence of a positive relationship between air pollution, and particularly P M 2.5 concentrations, and Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths. This relationship persists even after contro  ...[more]

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