malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …

evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in … terms of its effect on infant mortality. We exploit that the program affects child mortality only via bed net usage. We find … that Malawi's ITN distribution campaign reduced child mortality by 1 percentage point, which corresponds to about 30% of …

in women's political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians …

in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular …

A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in … mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed regional data. The results indicate that there was indeed an increase … in mortality rates which cannot be dismissed as a statistical artefact. Next, the paper discusses various theories …

that the general adult male mortality crisis in the region had a ?feedback? effect on suicide rates, with the loss of a …

with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation …