This article provides a comprehensive econometric analysis of factors driving aggregate mortality rates over time. It …-economic and ecological factors as explanatory variables. Germany is chosen as an indicative example for other industrialized …-2004, indicates that sex- and age-specific mortality rates vary substantially in their response to external factors. Strongest …

mortality in the states of Germany over the period 1980 to 2000, both in a static and a dynamic econometric model. Controlling …: recessions lower some, but not all, mortality rates in the case of Germany … consistent evidence that the total mortality rate, age-specific mortality rates as well as most specific mortality causes are pro …

that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …

that they reduce mortality rates. A general health policy agenda in relation to recessions remains ambiguous due to the …

associated with higher mortality rates. During years when GDP falls, death rates rise, primarily in emerging market and … increases in mortality. In contrast, booms or periods of subdued growth are not associated with a marked decline in death rates …