This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United … counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, we find that the increase in fertility was lower in high …

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. -- Economic growth ; war ; conflict …

mediating pathways for the average male randomly picked from the population. Contrary to the arguments that war fosters … foster cooperative behaviors but promotes parochialism. Further analyses show war-driven grievances, the normalization of …

several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of records on mortality (1994-2011), cancer diagnoses (1982 …-2009). We find no significant long-term effects on mortality, cancer or emergency hospital visits. In contrast, we find …

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 …

indicated by her height, BMI and anemia status. Child health is indicated by mortality risk and anthropometric failure. We find …

physical disability and social support among older adults with cognitive impairment living alone, and their gender and racial …

longevity advantage for the whole century. Unlike most mortality databases of this period, genealogical data allows analysis of …