Barreca, Alan; Clay, Karen; Deschenes, Olivier; … - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2015
residential air conditioning led to a remarkable decline in mortality due to extreme temperature days in the United States. Using … panel data on monthly mortality rates of U.S. states and daily temperature variables for over a century (1900-2004) it … mortality is notably smaller in states that more frequently experience extreme heat. Second, the difference in the heat-mortality …