We examine the mortality effects of a 1947 school reform in Japan, which extended compulsory schooling from primary to … setting, we fail to find that the reform improved later-life mortality up to the age of 87 years, although it significantly …

-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 …

example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …

program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We … find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier …. -- Family health program ; mortality ; household behavior ; impact evaluation ; Brazil …

Lack of information about COVID-19 and its spread may have contributed to excess mortality at the pandemic's onset. In …