This paper looks at the fertility, mortality, and marriage experience of racial, ethnic, and nativity groups in the …-origin, and Amerindian populations. This has not been true for mortality. The black population has experienced absolute … convergence but relative deterioration in mortality (neonatal and infant mortality, maternal mortality, expectation of life at …

health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … hope that economic growth will improve people's health as well as their material living conditions. I argue that the … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate …

I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of … deprivation. I review the evidence on the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, on … geographical pattens of mortality, and on individual-level mortality. Much of the literature needs to be treated skeptically, if …

populations above mortality-minimizing bodyweight is not clearly greater in countries with higher overweight and obesity rates (as …

The demographic transition --the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality …

relationship between mortality and labor force participation, thinking of mortality as one indicator of health that is comparable … across countries and over time in the same country. We then consider how mortality is related to other indicators of health … Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the …

In a recent paper, Acemoglu and Johnson (2007) argue that the large increases in population health witnessed in the 20 … health and income do not affect subsequent economic growth. Using their data we reject this assumption in favor of a model of …, exogenous improvements in health due to technical advances associated with the epidemiological transition appear to have …

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 … years. This difference persists despite the remarkable progress in health improvement in the last half century, at least …