with 1–2 weeks later arrival and no detectable reduction in final mortality. The case for permanent limits on international …

We estimate a model that allows for dynamic and interdependent responses of morbidity in different local areas to … to quarterly British data on chronic health conditions for those of working age over the period 2002-2016. We find strong … and robust counter-cyclical relationships for overall chronic health, and for five broad types of health conditions …

due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality … within-state changes in mortality in non-winter months as an additional control group. Our estimates suggest that reductions … in the use of bituminous coal for heating between 1945 and 1960 decreased winter all-age mortality by 1.25 percent and …

A recently growing literature evaluates the influence of early-life conditions on life-cycle health and mortality. This … early-life (as a proxy for general disease environment, health-care access, and nutrition) and life-cycle mortality rates … paper extends this literature by estimating the associations between birth-state infant mortality rates experienced during …

due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality … within-state changes in mortality in non-winter months as an additional control group. Our estimates suggest that reductions … in the use of bituminous coal for heating between 1945 and 1960 decreased winter all-age mortality by 1.25 percent and …

poverty level, and the health of the population including total health expenditures and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The … results support Caldwell´s hypothesis and are generally supportive of hypothesis that a fertility transition is occurring. HIV/AIDS …

This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income …, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million … maternal and child health as well as in aggregate economic conditions. The country-level panel is exploited to control for …

health. We find that negative rainfall shocks are robustly correlated with higher infant mortality, lower birth weight, and …This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We … shorter gestation periods. Mortality effects are concentrated on intestinal infections and malnutrition, and are greatly …