Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and decrease during economic busts, but … overall, cause-specific, and age-specific mortality rates with state-level measures of ambient concentrations of three types … find a significant positive correlation between carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations and mortality rates. Controlling for CO …

Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and decrease during economic busts, but … overall, cause-specific, and age-specific mortality rates with state-level measures of ambient concentrations of three types … find a significant positive correlation between carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations and mortality rates. Controlling for CO …

mortality and infant health and then consider how the estimated effects vary when the analysis is conducted at differing levels … effect on mortality but that state and regional economic conditions are stronger predictors. I also leverage county … local downturns lead to the greatest improvements in health in low-income states. -- health ; recessions ; mortality …