population density and the extent of tests conducted to fine tune the index. The association between per capita health … expenditure and relative performance indices reveals that there are states where relatively sound health infrastructure has not … ensured better performance in curing patients and those relatively weak have done better. But with a multi-dimensional health …

This paper examines the effect of e-waste dumping sites on early child health. We focus on two major dumping sites in … mortality, for children living in the proximity of the site. Event studies suggest that the negative effects emerge 2-3 years …

WWII on newborn health using a unique data set of historical birth records ranging from December 1937 to September 1941 …. Furthermore we investigate the heterogeneity of this effect with respect to health at birth and for different social groups. To … weight and asphyxia, perinatal mortality increases immediately after the onset of WWII. The mortality effect is driven by …

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …

We investigate whether and to what extent Chinese development finance affects infant mortality, combining 92 … demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 … mortality at sub-national scales, but decreases mortality at the country-level. In several tests, we show that this stark …

Oil spills can lead to irreversible environmental degradation and pose hazards to human health. We are the first to … study the causal effects of onshore oil spills on neonatal and infant mortality rates. We use spatial data from the Nigerian … Oil Spill Monitor and the Demographic and Health Surveys, and rely on the comparison of siblings conceived before and …

infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …