We estimate the causal effect of permanent and premature exits from the labor force on mortality. To overcome the …-eligible regions. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change … induced eligible workers to exit the labor force significantly earlier. Instrumental variable estimation results show that for …

misleading results because the mortality distribution of husbands and wives overlap substantially. To illustrate, consider a wife …

This paper examines 313 U.S. areas for differences in medical care utilization and mortality of whites ages 65-84 in …. Utilization, especially inpatient care, is strongly positively related to mortality. Mortality is positively related to cigarette … populations greater than 500,000. Mortality does not vary with population size, with or without controls. Florida is an outlier …

.35) percentage point increase in 90-day and 1-year mortality, respectively, compared with those not experiencing changes in distance …. Our results also suggest that the predominant mechanism behind the mortality increase appeared to be time delay as opposed …

variance in current CVD mortality rates across the country …

mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither …

accidents, heart attacks and strokes. In this paper, we examine the short-term mortality consequences of income receipt. We find … that mortality increases following the arrival of monthly Social Security payments, regular wage payments for military … personnel, the 2001 tax rebates, and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend payments. The increase in short-run mortality is large …