mortality and morbidity, the latter being related to participation/productivity in the labor market. We show that, regardless of …

We provide new evidence on the causal effect of higher education on mortality. Our empirical strategy exploits the … vital statistics, we document an upward kink in the age-specific yearly mortality rate of individuals in the affected … cohorts. We estimate a negative effect of college on mortality between ages 34-74, which is larger for men, but also sizable …

, Wissensmanagement ebenso wie eine gelebte, wertschätzende Unternehmenskultur diskutiert. …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

A recent debate in the medical literature has arisen around the mortality effects of obesity. Whereas it has been … undermines the notion that economic growth comes with health warnings. We revisit this debate going over the mortality effects of …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces … takes account of selectivity in partners' mortality and health evolution. We find strong instantaneous effects of … bereavement on mortality and on certain aspects of health. Individuals lose on average 12% of residual life expectancy after …