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mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We … identify mortality rates at least twice the Canadian average and find exceptionally high mortality rates for young Indigenous … women and girls - up to four times the Canadian average at certain ages. We show mortality rates are even higher on reserve …
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We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality reduction. To do so, we ….3% reduction in lifetime hospital stays, 19.7 for specialists). We find that education impacts mortality mostly by delaying the …. The impact on mortality are found to be larger than those estimated from the health microsimulation model (hazard ratio of …
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Using data for six OECD countries, this paper studies the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the mortality index kt … relationship between the state of the economy and mortality is found to change from procyclical to countercyclical in all six … variation in the mortality index. -- Demography ; Lee-Carter ; business cycle ; time series model …
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Canadians are living longer and retiring younger. When combined with the aging of the baby boom generation, that means that the "inactive" portion of the population is increasing and there are concerns about possibly large increases in the burden of support on those who are younger. We model the...
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mortality risk reductions. We find similar Value of Statistical Life estimates across the two studies, ranging from USD 930 …
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