Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249207 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1034
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
We estimate the impact of temperature extremes on mortality in Vietnam, using daily data on temperatures and monthly data on mortality during the 2000-2018 period. We find that both cold and heat waves cause higher mortality, particularly among older people. This effect on mortality tends to be smaller in provinces with higher rates of air-conditioning and emigration, and provinces with higher public spending on health. Finally, we estimate economic cost of cold and heat waves using a framework of willingness to pay to avoid deaths, then project the cost to the year 2100 under different Representative Concentration Pathway scenarios.
Subjects: 
climate change
weather extremes
mortality
health
Vietnam
JEL: 
I10
Q54
O15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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