Africa. Our results suggest that close to 40% of asset inequality within countries are due to inequality of opportunities … with it. In addition, inequality of opportunity is strongly correlated with child and maternal mortality and other measures …

, quality of life and mortality. Understanding inequality in relation to these behaviours among older people is important in the …

example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality – ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …

-15 Ebola outbreak in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to the two diseases and their lethality; the … spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their …

and COVID-19 in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to Ebola and plague and their lethality; the … spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their …