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Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
Geruso, Michael; Spears, Dean - 2018
We study how extreme weather exposure impacts infant survival in the developing world. Our analysis overcomes the absence of vital registration systems in many poor countries by extracting birth histories from household surveys. Studying 53 developing countries that span five continents, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931682
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The Effect of College Education on Health and Mortality: Evidence from Canada
Lacroix, Guy; Laliberté-Auger, Francois; Michaud, … - 2019
We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality reduction. To do so, we ….3% reduction in lifetime hospital stays, 19.7 for specialists). We find that education impacts mortality mostly by delaying the …. The impact on mortality are found to be larger than those estimated from the health microsimulation model (hazard ratio of …
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Too Many Men, Too Short Lives: The Effect of the Male-Biased Sex Ratio on Mortality
Chang, Simon; Kan, Kamhon; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2020
to this massive marriage market squeeze exhibited higher mortality rates at age 50–64. Surprisingly, the deadly effect …—women's mortality rate increased after their husbands' deaths. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207843
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Economic Crises and Mortality Among the Elderly: Evidence from Two Russian Crises
Khvan, Margarita; Smorodenkova, Elizaveta; Yakovlev, Evgeny - 2020
, on the elderly mortality in Russia. According to our study, crises have led to an increase in mortality with … suggests that income depreciation, limited access to medical services, and an increase in alcohol consumption are responsible … for the rise in mortality. While increases at a higher rate compared to overall mortality, alcohol-related mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270218
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Are COVID Fatalities in the US Higher Than in the EU, and If So, Why?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard, Shoshana - 2020
The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282290
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Unemployment and mortality: Evidence from the PSID
Halliday, Timothy - 2013
In this paper, we use the death file from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate the relationship between … county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline … with higher mortality risk for working-aged men. In particular, we show that a one percentage point increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291426
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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646311
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Unemployment and Mortality: Evidence from the PSID
Halliday, Timothy J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we use the death file from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate the relationship between … county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline … with higher mortality risk for working-aged men. In particular, we show that a one percentage point increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096070
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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278806