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 …

detailed and accurate picture of mortality patterns among people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. Our analyses center on … comparison groups, are linked to Social Security Administration data on all-cause mortality from 2010-2022 to estimate the ….5 times the mortality risk of those who are housed, accounting for differences in demographic characteristics and geography …

daily sulfur dioxide levels, we first characterize the short-run mortality effects of acute exposure during the time period … 1972-1988. Exposure causes two distinct mortality patterns: a short-run mortality displacement effect, and a persistent …

outpatient cost-sharing measurably increases mortality, raising 8-year mortality by 4 deaths per 10,000 individuals. To the best … of our knowledge, this study is the first to show a relationship between cost-sharing and adult mortality risk in a low …

Extensive research has documented that elevated air pollution increases mortality and morbidity, with estimates …