Data and code for: "Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico"

We
examine the impact of temperature on mortality in Mexico using daily data over
the period 1998-2017 and find that 3.8 percent of deaths in Mexico are caused
by suboptimal temperature (26,000 every year). However, 92 percent of
weather-related deaths are induced by cold (<12°C) or mildly cold (12-20°C)
days and only 2 percent by outstandingly hot days (>32°C). Furthermore, temperatures
are twice more likely to kill people in the bottom half of the income
distribution. Finally, we show causal evidence that the Seguro Popular, a universal healthcare policy, has saved at least 1,600
lives per year from cold weather since 2004.<br>