Johansson (2010) in support of her thesis regarding “Europe’s first knowledge‐driven mortality transition,” namely the … significance of a particular pattern of inter‐cohort changes in the royals’ mortality experience – namely, one whose timing and age …‐cohort comparisons of life table mortality schedules are obtained by using the 5‐year average survival rates distributions for successive …

We examine the health and height of men born in England and Wales in the 1890s who enlisted in the army at the time of … suggest that changing conditions at both household and locality levels contributed to the increase in height and health in the …

We examine the health and height of men born in England and Wales in the 1890s who enlisted in the army at the time of … suggest that changing conditions at both household and locality levels contributed to the increase in height and health in the …

and mortality. Swedish-linked employee-employer data were used to identify all establishment closures during 1990-1999, as … job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality during a follow-up period of 12 years were estimated by … propensity score weighting methods. An excess risk of both alcohol-related hospitalization and mortality was found among both …

children's general education and health and subsequently on their capacity to work and earn as adults. Evidence for nineteenth …

subjected to random mortality "shocks" which lower the population until the production grows above the minimum. Society is thus … in a "Malthusian trap". The average magnitude of the mortality crises is assumed to decrease as capital increases, which … diminishes the severity of the mortality shocks; as a result both the population of the non-agricultural sector and capital grow …

This paper explores the impact of water quality on mortality by exploiting a natural experiment. the rise of tea … mortality rates. The methodology uses two identication strategies tying areas with lower initial water quality to larger … declines in mortality rates after tea drinking became widespread and following larger volumes of tea imports. Results are …

regressions show that falling interest rates after 1887 stimulated investment and led to lower infant mortality. These findings … suggest that Parliament could have expedited mortality decline by subsidizing loans or facilitating private borrowing. …

This paper explores the impact of water quality on mortality by exploiting a natural experiment. the rise of tea … mortality rates. The methodology uses two identication strategies tying areas with lower initial water quality to larger … declines in mortality rates after tea drinking became widespread and following larger volumes of tea imports. Results are …