after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases in schooling, income, and the probability of employment, and … our finding that African Americans experienced larger absolute reductions in pneumonia mortality after the arrival of …

and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with …

with mortality. This paper studies the effects of income on health and mortality, using only the part of income variation …A vast literature has established a strong positive association of income with health status and a negative association … that is due to a truly exogenous factor: the monetary lottery prizes of individuals. The findings are that higher income …

by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income … explanatory power in predicting future mortality and is therefore a useful measure of morbidity. Finally, we suggest that the …

data set. This data set combines information at ages 12, 43, 53 and mortality between 53 and 71 for a sample of some 3000 …: education, income and wealth are each found to contribute about as much to a longer life as intelligence. The joint effect of … all four variables is dominated by childhood intelligence and adult wealth at the expense of education and income. …

studies we find that among theearly variables recorded at age 12 the only significant determinantof adult mortality is …

and the mortalitydata. The second section discusses the variation of mortality rateswith age in the population and in the …

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of economic conditions in early life on cause-specific mortality during … first year of life appears to significantly increase all-cause mortality risks and cancer mortality risks of older males and … females. It also significantly increases mortality risks due to cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases of …

This paper studies the effect of improved neonatal health care on mortality and long run academic achievement in school … administrative data on schooling and birth records from Chile and Norway, we establish that children who receive extra medical care … at birth have lower mortality rates and higher test scores and grades in school. These gains are in the order of 0 …