cyclical increases in income may raise mortality, even when the long-run effects of income are in the opposite direction. There … is no evidence that recent increases in inequality raised mortality beyond what it would otherwise have been …

of Doyle et al. (2015), we find that the VA reduces 28-day mortality by 46% (4.5 percentage points) and that these …

It is now established that mortality and excess mortality from COVID-19 differed across racial and ethnic groups in … 2020. Less is known about educational differences in mortality during the pandemic. We examine mortality rates by BA status … within sex, age, and race/ethnic groups comparing 2020 with 2019. Mortality rates have increasingly differed by BA status in …

This paper explores the long-run health benefits of education for longevity. Using mortality data from the Social …

We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the … excess mortality relative to trend, compared to a less than 15 percent increase for Whites; we find losses in potential years …

society are no longer providing the basis for a good life. Concurrently, all-cause mortality in the US is diverging by … not deaths of despair have risen during the COVID pandemic. More broadly, excess mortality from COVID has not increased … the ratio of all-cause mortality rates for those with and without a four-year degree, but has instead replicated the pre …