Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the … 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 …

is the result of a sharp reduction in infant mortality only belatedly followed by acceleration in the reduction of …

death data. In addition to that, the article provides information on the concept of excess mortality. It compares the …

Male suicide rates in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic countries increased substantially in the early 1990s and … that the general adult male mortality crisis in the region had a ?feedback? effect on suicide rates, with the loss of a … are now the highest in the world. To what extent is this suicide epidemic explained by the macroeconomic instability …

This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females in Russia. Both … cross sectional and fixed-effects models are estimated utilizing data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The …

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between alcohol-related mortality and social status among men in …,038,654 records of men 35-74 years old, of whom 3824 died of causes explicitly related to alcohol abuse. Standardized mortality ratios … in alcohol-related mortality increased but only between 1981/82 and 1991/92; and among those 35-59 years old only for the …

-to-death (TTD) effects on Long Term Care. We also account for the problem that mortality, and therefore TTD, are themselves …

. While recessions are known to have negative effects on mental health and lead to an increase in suicides, it has been proven … that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …

. While recessions are known to have negative effects on mental health and lead to an increase in suicides, it has been proven … that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …