measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …

, we use rich contextual data on morbidity and mortality, as well as on the socioeconomic status of parents, for the period … influenza suffered from worse adult health and, for males, also increased mortality at old ages, particularly in cancer. Their …

that the general adult male mortality crisis in the region had a "feedback" effect on suicide rates, with the loss of a …

We analyze the effect of income on mortality in Austria using administrative social security data. To tackle potential …

months from census day, we computed standardized mortality ratios for nine religious groups (including groups with no … religion and religion not stated) in the city of Vienna. Relative mortality risk is above average for Roman Catholics (1 ….01), but below average for Protestants (0.98) and people with no religion (0.97). Very low mortality risks are found for …

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 …

mortality rates as indicators for the health status and analyse the convergence/divergence of overall mortality for (i) the … whole population, for (ii) females, for (iii) males and for (iv) the gender gap in overall mortality. Convergence … Concordance) are used to test for absolute and conditional beta-convergence in mortality. We find mixed results for the inequality …

We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of … find any adverse effect of early retirement on mortality for females. Death causes indicate a significantly higher … increased mortality among male early retirees. …