Permanent working paper

Authors: Jamie Hansen-Lewis, Daria Ageikina

Second chapter of the dissertation by Daria Ageikina, supervised by Pierre Mérel, Jamie Hansen-Lewis, Michael Springborn

Abstract: The paper investigates the impacts of wildfire smoke on population health. Wildfire smoke and its impacts are notoriously challenging to estimate since smoke can travel hundreds of miles away from its source. Using a nationwide satellite-derived dataset of wildfire smoke plumes and infant mortality data from U.S. death certificates, the study identifies a significant effect of wildfire smoke exposure on infant mortality at the county-month level between 2006 and 2017. The results suggest that wildfire smoke causes approximately 56 infant (0 to 1 month old) deaths in the U.S. annually.

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Manuscript available upon request. **Email:**[email protected]

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