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 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 …

's socioeconomic characteristics evolve over the life cycle and that there is a time trend that reduces mortality over time. Using HRS …, differences in the evolution of health with age, and differences in mortality conditional on health. Remarkably, the latter is the … very little impact on two-year mortality rates conditional on health. Finally, we document an increasing time trend of the …