respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced exposure to pre-pandemic international mobility causes slightly … with 1–2 weeks later arrival and no detectable reduction in final mortality. The case for permanent limits on international …

: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous … dependence of economic consequences on (i) disease characteristics; (ii) inequalities among individuals in terms of … susceptibility, preferences, and income; and (iii) cross-country heterogeneities in terms of their institutional and macroeconomic …

measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey …This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as …. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005, assigns each Turkish citizen to a specific state-employed family …

Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters … proceed from novel administrative data on homeless families observed in the context of a scarcity-induced natural experiment …

find that families placed in shelters in their neighborhoods of origin remain there considerably longer than those assigned … to distant shelters. Locally-placed families also access more public benefits and are more apt to work. A fixed effects … model assessing multi-spell families confirms these main results. Complementary instrumental variable and regression …

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 …

have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We …. We estimate that a one standard deviation increase in judicial claims increases the all-cause mortality rate by between 0 ….10 and 0.23 standard deviations. Increases in mortality are pervasive across causes, with the largest increase in deaths from …

for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the … mandatory retirement age may thus not only have positive government income effects but also negative effects on increasing … government health care expenditures. …

for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the … mandatory retirement age may thus not only have positive government income effects but also negative effects on increasing … government health care expenditures. …

The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to … eradicating a specific disease, it was spearheaded by voluntary associations and supported by the sale of Christmas seals …. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the effectiveness of the tuberculosis (TB) movement has not been studied in a …