Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the … survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for … circumvent selectivity bias. Protestantism had a substantial positive effect on suicide in 1816-21 and 1869-71. We address issues …

Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behaviour, higher … better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …

and space to identify the impact of competition. Using data on mortality as a measure of hospital quality and exploiting …

We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several … schooling or lower mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings reflect direct effects of military service on … subsequent mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. We conclude that increasing the proportion of high school …

We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of … cardiovascular disorders among eligible workers, suggesting that changes in health-related behavior explain increased mortality among …

opening to private provision affected mortality rates – an important and not easily contractible quality dimension – using a … competition significantly improved non-contractible quality as measured by mortality rates. It also reduced the cost per resident …

This paper investigates the informal labour market in Russia in late 1995 and estimates a labour supply function in the …