Cadereyta’s refinery, to study its impact on air quality and mortality in the downwind Monterrey´s Metropolitan Area (MMA). We …

longevity risk for pension plans and annuity providers. While extrapolative methods assume continued mortality declines, recent … mortality reductions. In response, a heat wave mortality model was developed to divide mortality improvements into a background … level captured by classical mortality models and temporary improvements described by a heat wave component. We propose two …

Mortality risk sharing pools such as pooled annuity funds and tontines provide an attractive and effective solution for … aid in reducing the cost of LTC insurance. This paper presents a matrix-based approach for pooling mortality risk across … functional disability and health statuses, we demonstrate how individuals with different health risks can share mortality risk in …

preferences related to fertility and mortality, the two basic components of genetic fitness. We specifically select six referenda …

how people use advance information to reduce mortality from heat and cold. Theoretically, more accurate forecasts reduce … mortality if and only if mortality risk is convex in forecast errors. We test for such convexity using data on the universe of … mortality events and weather forecasts for a twelve-year period in the U.S. Results show that erroneously mild forecasts …

has been given to lead's impact on fertility, infant mortality, and infant health. This paper examines the existing quasi …-experimental literature on lead and fertility, infant mortality, and infant birth outcomes, highlighting key results, methods, and …

how people use advance information to reduce mortality from heat and cold. Theoretically, more accurate forecasts reduce … mortality if and only if mortality risk is convex in forecast errors. We test for such convexity using data on the universe of … mortality events and weather forecasts for a twelve-year period in the U.S. Results show that erroneously mild forecasts …