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 …

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 …

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 …

mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between 1940 and 1967. The data include detailed information on both …

Case and Deaton (2015) document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the … despair, and by the subgroup of low-educated individuals. In contrast, average mortality for middle-aged men and women … continued to decrease in several other high-income countries including Germany. However, average mortality rates can disguise …

, 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 …

-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 …

the lifecycle, education, social benefits take-up, and adult mortality. For this purpose, we have linked a unique dataset … insurance and that birth weight matters for adult mortality. We supplement our main analysis with more recent data, which …

for employment, we find that working an additional full year at old age decreases longevity. This mortality effect occurs …

data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient records, we document that male job displacement increases … the mortality risk for both the man and his partner. For every 10,000 displaced men, there are 27 additional deaths over a … due to excess spousal mortality. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases jump up and hospitalization records show more …