fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more …

"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of … health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries …

, despite the extensive spread of the virus, the mortality toll remains highly concentrated in high-income countries. Developing …

Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. A U-shaped association between drinking water salinity and infant and neonatal mortality …In this paper, the impact of salinity on maternal and child health in Bangladesh is analyzed using data from the … is found, suggesting higher mortality when salinity is very low or high. With fresh drinking water, the marginal effect …

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional … dominance of poverty over mortality is reversed in a counterfactual "herd immunity" scenario: without any policy intervention …