Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in … late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

We study the impact of economic crisis on health in Mexico. There have been four widescale economic crises in Mexico in … the past two decades, the most recent in 1995-96. We find that mortality rates for the very young and the elderly increase … or decline less rapidly in crisis years as compared with non-crisis years. In late 1995-96 crisis, mortality rates were …

We study the impact of economic crisis on health in Mexico. There have been four wide-scale economic crises in Mexico … in the past two decades, the most recent in 1995-96. We find that mortality rates for the very young and the elderly … increase or decline less rapidly in crisis years as compared with non-crisis years. In late 1995-96 crisis, mortality rates …