of the mutation that causes sickle cell disease we measure the impact of malaria on mortality in Africa prior to the …We examine the effect of malaria on economic development in Africa over the very long run. Using data on the prevalence …. The reduction in malaria mortality has been roughly equal to the reduction in other causes of mortality. We then ask …

relationship between potential settler mortality and institutions. First, there is a general concern that there are high mortality … versions of his other critiques. His second argument that all the data from Latin America and much of the data from Africa … information on the mortality of Europeans in those places during the relevant period. His third argument that a "campaign" dummy …

wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide … direct evidence on Africans' own emotional and evaluative responses to high levels of infection and of mortality. By … comparing the effect of mortality on SWB with the effect of income on SWB, we can attach monetary values to mortality to …

Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985 …

origin in Africa and season of the year. There was little interaction between the incidence of slave and crew deaths. The … high death rates make the slave trade a demographic laboratory for study of health and mortality and an economic laboratory …

activity -- to address a mortality risk of roughly 0.3 percent. Many experts believe that catastrophic risks from advanced A …. Existing lives are valued by policymakers at around $10 million each in the United States. To avoid a 1% mortality risk, this …

significant increases in drug-related mortality and greater reliance on public transfer programs. This induced economic hardship …

Racial differences in mortality are large, persistent and likely caused, at least in part, by racism. While the causal … pathways linking racism to mortality are conceptually well defined, empirical evidence to support causal claims related to its … effect on health is incomplete. In this study, we provide a unique set of facts about racial disparities in mortality that …

constructed from CDC life table data shows that the randomness of mortality and the overlap between spouses' age …-specific mortality distributions imply dramatically long life spans for surviving spouses. The 4 x 4 longevity matrices show that …