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 …

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 …

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 …

one percentage point reduction in unemployment is predicted to raise AMI mortality by 1.3 percent, with a larger increase … the frail elderly. AMI mortality risk quickly rises when the economy strengthens and increases further if the favorable …

Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behavior, higher … better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …