This paper studies the effect of improved neonatal health care on mortality and long run academic achievement in school … at birth have lower mortality rates and higher test scores and grades in school. These gains are in the order of 0 …

causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces … takes account of selectivity in partners' mortality and health evolution. We find strong instantaneous effects of … bereavement on mortality and on certain aspects of health. Individuals lose on average 12% of residual life expectancy after …

. In this paper, we explore how access to the hospital and modern medicine affects mortality. We do so by leveraging a …-supported hospital reduced infant mortality by 10%, saving one life for every $20,000 (2017 dollars) spent. Effects were larger for Black … infants (16%) than for White infants (7%), implying a reduction in the Black-White infant mortality gap by one-third. We show …

This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … the supply of physicians reduce infant mortality and mortality from common childhood diseases. Using a semiparametric … historical trends in infant mortality over the 20th century …