This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also … document a sharp drop in violent crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behavior in society. Our …

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also … document a sharp drop in violent crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behaviour in society. Our …

On July 13, 2020 a complete nation-wide ban was placed on the sale and transport of alcohol in South Africa. This paper … evaluates the impact of this sudden and unexpected five-week alcohol prohibition on mortality due to unnatural causes. We find … the impact of alcohol on short-run mortality, and underscores the severe influence that alcohol has on society - even in …

expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …

armed conflict in Peru, a country that experienced the actions of a tenacious, brutally effective war machine, the Shining …. Evidence on intervening pathways suggests that health rather than schooling is the most important channel in connecting early …

-metric measures) do not take into account out of pocket payments of health care. Significant household health spending would …. The present working paper uses Luxembourg Income Study Center data to explore the impact of household health payments on … poverty and child poverty estimates in five middle-income countries (India, Mexico, South Africa, Russian Federation and Peru …

Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …