Influence of Pollutants from Transport on Life Expectancy in the EU Countries

Hana Rozehnalová


Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno (Czechia)

Michal Mádr


Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno (Czechia)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4031-531X

Lucie Formanová


Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno (Czechia)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8957-8583

Břetislav Andrlík


Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno (Czechia)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-0774

Abstract

Road transport has become the major source of environmental pollution and it is also one of the biggest environmental risks in the EU countries. Good air quality is very important for population as pollutants have negative impacts on human health. The paper deals with relationship between air pollutants generated by road transport and the life expectancy in EU countries. At the beginning of the paper the main pollutants from motor vehicles are described and impact on human health is summarized too. We use regression analysis of panel data to analyse the relationship between chosen air pollutants and life expectancy. Our results show negative impacts of nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide, specifically reduction in life expectancy by 1.49 years for nitrogen oxides and 0.28 years for sulphur oxides with an increase of the pollutant by 1%. So according to our findings economic policy makers should focus primarily on the reduction of nitrogen and sulphur oxides.


Keywords:

air pollution, life expectancy, human health, NOx, SOx

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2021-01-04

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Rozehnalová, H., Mádr, M., Formanová, L., & Andrlík, B. (2021). Influence of Pollutants from Transport on Life Expectancy in the EU Countries. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 16(1), 209–217. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.1.23

Authors

Hana Rozehnalová 

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno Czechia

Authors

Michal Mádr 

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno Czechia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4031-531X

Authors

Lucie Formanová 

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno Czechia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8957-8583

Authors

Břetislav Andrlík 

Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno Czechia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-0774

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