discussion of dependency ratios. Two alternative measures of age are explored: mortality risk and remaining life expectancy. With …. However, the fraction of the population that is above a mortality rate that corresponds to 65+ today will grow by only 20 … percent. Needless to say, the aging of the society is a lot less dramatic with the alternative mortality-based age measures …

Mortality is a crucial indicator of wellbeing and recent mortality trends have been a subject of public debate in many … Western countries. This paper compares mortality inequality in Canada and the U.S. over the period 1990/91 through 2010/11. In … Canada, mortality inequality remained constant among the youngest, but increased for men over 24 and for women over 14. In …

national income, using estimated mortality rates of early European settlers to instrument capital expropriation risk. However … 36 of the 64 countries in their sample are assigned mortality rates from other countries, typically based on mistaken or … conflicting evidence. Also, incomparable mortality rates from populations of laborers, bishops, and soldiers - often on campaign …

infant and child mortality on the other vanishes altogether if we look at the relationship between growth and the absolute … rate of decline in infant and child mortality. In effect, the correlation is between the level of infant mortality and the …

Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to … fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates … income per capita and mortality rates, a correlation that also exists within countries, where richer, better-educated people …

constant income and population is achieved through equilibrating adjustments in quot;positive checksquot; (mortality … mortality rates. We develop a dynamic model of endogenous fertility, longevity, and human capital formation within a Malthusian … accounts for economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus …

mortality, fertility, and the economy in the short and medium run. The role of nonpharmaceutical interventions in shaping those …

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly …

We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for …