premature death, pension policies and long-term care. -- life expectancy ; mortality ; optimal public policy …

This paper compares mortality between Gold and Silver medalists in Olympic Track and Field to study how achievement …

Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behavior, higher … better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …

excess mortality and GDP growth adjusted for additional fiscal stimulus. We conduct an empirical analysis in two stages … public testing and additional fiscal stimulus in non-health could help reduce excess mortality, which might lead to lower …

detailed analysis of mortality data an additional type of risk can be identified: differences in mortality improvements by … further investigate mortality improvements but rather relied on graphical representations without particular focus on … established. A simple criterion for identifying select cohorts is proposed and used here to what country mortality data reveals …

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious … conflicting forces - the beneficial effects on life expectancy before the second epidemiological transition and their adverse …

age-specific mortality rates and differences in "survivability". Declining age-specific mortality rates increases life … recent widening of mortality rates between rich and poor due to lifestyle-related diseases does not explain much of the rise … poor, made initial differences in lifestyle-related mortality more consequential via survivability. …

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious … conflicting forces - the beneficial effects on life expectancy before the second epidemiological transition and their adverse …

Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … aggregated mortality data from Austria both at the community and the district level covering the time period 1969 - 2004. By …