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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014275980
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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276962
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A deadly triple threat : three layers of U.S. racial inequity in COVID infections and deaths
Johnson, Daniel K. N.; Altieri, Claire; Blelloch, Siena - In: Applied economics letters 30 (2023) 2, pp. 214-220
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013553072
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Enhancing the utility of the health and retirement study (HRS) to identify drivers of rising mortality rates in the United States
Monnat, Shannon M.; Elo, Irma T. - In: Forum for health economics & policy : an evolving … 25 (2022) 1/2, pp. 57-84
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013556900
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The impact of climate change on mortality in the United States : benefits and costs of adaptation
Deschênes, Olivier - 2022
This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and … mortality risk previously documented up to 2004 have continued up to 2019, consistent with continued investments in health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329615
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International differences in longevity and health and their economic consequences
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana; Lakdawalla, Darius; … - 2009
In 1975, 50 year-old Americans could expect to live slightly longer than their European counterparts. By 2005, American life expectancy at that age has diverged substantially compared to Europe. We find that this growing longevity gap is primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269620
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Do the obese really die younger or do health expenditures buy them extra years?
Frijters, Paul; Barón, Juan D. - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270627
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Bayesian demographic modeling and forecasting: an application to U.S. mortality
Reichmuth, Wolfgang H.; Sarferaz, Samad - 2008
We present a new way to model age-specific demographic variables with the example of age-specific mortality in the U … jointly with the latent variables underlying mortality of all age classes. In contrast to previous models, a similar … forecasts for particular age classes. A structural analysis of the relationship between age-specific mortality and covariates is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276366
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Aggregation and the Estimated Effects of Local Economic Conditions on Health
Lindo, Jason M. - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319534