estimates the effect of reduced alcohol sales hours on alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM) in Estonia. Using novel mortality …

about the effects of in utero exposure to alcohol on long-run outcomes such as later-life mortality. Here, we investigate … how state by year variation in alcohol control arising from the repeal of federal prohibition affects mortality for … cohorts born in the 1930s. We find that individuals born in wet states experienced higher later-life mortality than …

about the effects of in utero exposure to alcohol on long-run outcomes such as later-life mortality. Here, we investigate … how state by year variation in alcohol control arising from the repeal of federal prohibition affects mortality for … cohorts born in the 1930s. We find that individuals born in wet states experienced higher later-life mortality than …

redistribution or total spending. Based on comprehensive archival mortality statistics since 1890, I then demonstrate that the … observed shifts in representation and public finances were associated with substantial declines in child mortality by 15% and … in mortality from infectious diseases, the major killer of the time, by 10-15%. …

disparities in mortality in Finland,where the tracking age was raised from 11 to 16 in the 1970s. We use a difference …-in-differences approach that exploits the gradual rollout of the reform. We find that late tracking did reduce disparities in mortality around … at the cost of increased mortality among men who grew up in high-income families. This raises questions about the welfare …