late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality …

and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life … pandemic. The mortality burden, whether estimated in lives or in years of life lost, increases sharply with GDP per capita. The … burden of the pandemic, relative to the mortality burden, is much higher for poor countries. The distribution of aggregate …

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional … dominance of poverty over mortality is reversed in a counterfactual herd immunity scenario: without any policy intervention, LYs …

mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We … identify mortality rates at least twice the Canadian average and find exceptionally high mortality rates for young Indigenous … women and girls - up to four times the Canadian average at certain ages. We show mortality rates are even higher on reserve …

Mental disorders have a large impact on invalidity and mortality. Poor mental health is associated with low education …, which is also associated with poor health and higher mortality. The association between mental health and mortality may … mental health problems, education attainment and mortality may all depend on the same observed and unobserved individual …

children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … different stock and flow measure results rely on the choice of the reference standard for mortality and an incomplete correction …