Replication data for: The Impact of Indonesian Forest Fires on Singaporean Pollution and Health

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Project Citation:

Sheldon, Tamara L., and Sankaran, Chandini. Replication data for: The Impact of Indonesian Forest Fires on Singaporean Pollution and Health. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113540V1

Project Description

Summary: Forest burning in Indonesia results in severe episodes of "seasonal haze" in neighboring Singapore. We offer the first causal analysis of the transboundary health effects of the Indonesian forest burning. Instrumenting for air pollution with satellite fire data, we estimate the impacts of the Indonesian fires on Singaporean polyclinic attendance for acute upper respiratory tract infections and acute conjunctivitis. We find that a one standard deviation increase in the Indonesian fire radiative power increases Singaporean pollution by 1.4 standard deviations and causes a 0.7 standard deviation increase in polyclinic attendance for each of the illnesses examined in this paper.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I12 Health Behavior
      O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
      Q23 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry
      Q51 Valuation of Environmental Effects
      Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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