the supply of physicians reduce infant mortality and mortality from common childhood diseases. Using a semiparametric …This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health insurance as exogenous variation in regional physician supply. Increases in …

measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …