We study the effect of within-household mortality on the evolution of household per capita consumption. Relying on a … no clear temporal pattern in the evolution of the shock caused by within-household mortality. Our results provide strong … support for the hypothesis that the evolution of household consumption is not affected by within-household mortality. …

Historically, improvements in the quality of municipal drinking water made important contributions to mortality decline … today. We investigate this puzzle by analyzing an abrupt, large-scale municipal water disinfection program in Mexico in 1991 … that increased the share of Mexico's population receiving chlorinated water from 55% to 85% within six months. We find that …

I assess the impact that pharmaceutical innovation had on cancer mortality in Mexico during the period 2003–2013, by … investigating whether there were larger declines in the age-standardized mortality rate of cancer sites (breast, lung, colon, etc …. The estimates indicate that new drugs launched during 1991–2001 reduced the age-standardized cancer mortality rate by 16 …

effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital … statistics records from a large developing country, Mexico. Using a measure of storm exposure that accounts for both windspeed … dispersion and population density along the storm track, I project changes in past storm-related mortality under various …