Economy-wide estimates of the implications of climate change: Human health

We study the economic impacts of climate-change-induced change in human health, viz. cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, diarrhoea, malaria, dengue fever and schistosomiasis. Changes in morbidity and mortality are interpreted as changes in labour productivity and demand for health care, and us...

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Published in:Ecological economics 2006-06, Vol.58 (3), p.579-591
Main Authors: Bosello, Francesco, Roson, Roberto, Tol, Richard S.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Computable general equilibrium
Environmental impact studies
General economic equilibrium
Health
Human health
Impacts of climate change
Morbidity
Mortality
Schistosoma
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Summary:We study the economic impacts of climate-change-induced change in human health, viz. cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, diarrhoea, malaria, dengue fever and schistosomiasis. Changes in morbidity and mortality are interpreted as changes in labour productivity and demand for health care, and used to shock the GTAP-E computable general equilibrium model, calibrated for the year 2050. GDP, welfare and investment fall (rise) in regions with net negative (positive) health impacts. Prices, production, and terms of trade show a mixed pattern. Direct cost estimates, common in climate change impact studies, underestimate the true welfare losses.
ISSN:0921-8009
1873-6106
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.07.032