Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in … late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital … statistics records from a large developing country, Mexico. Using a measure of storm exposure that accounts for both windspeed … dispersion and population density along the storm track, I project changes in past storm-related mortality under various …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … increases a woman's probability of having a CS. Also, delivery-related birth outcomes improve: maternal mortality, birth …

-compulsory education level increased after the reform. In addition, we find that the reform decreases mortality while young (16-25) for … both genders while it increases mortality for middle age women (26-40). We provide evidence to proof that the latter …

, we use rich contextual data on morbidity and mortality, as well as on the socioeconomic status of parents, for the period … influenza suffered from worse adult health and, for males, also increased mortality at old ages, particularly in cancer. Their …

positive selection on health from high infant mortality rates during this period (18 percent), our findings suggest a strong …

analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the …

and mortality. A €1,000 reduction in annual benefits leads to a rise of 4.2 percentage points in the probability of being … the hospitalization of men subject to stricter rules but their mortality rate is reduced by 1.2 percentage points. The …