While regional mortality inequalities in Germany tend to be relatively stable in the short run, over the course of the … spatial mortality disparities in Germany since 1900, and link them with theoretical considerations and existing research on … past century marked changes have occurred in the country’s regional mortality patterns. These changes include not only the …

examining whether and how levels of and changes in life satisfaction prospectively predict mortality hazards and delineate the … showed that lower levels and steeper declines of life satisfaction each uniquely predicted higher mortality risks. Results … effects for mortality hazards among older adults. Perceived control is associated with lower mortality hazards; however, this …

This study investigates the short-term mortality effects of two age-based restrictions on legal access to alcohol in … Germany. We exploit sharp differences in legal access to alcohol at 16 and 18 years by implementing a regression discontinuity … alcohol has, at most, a minor impact on drunk driving and mortality at age 16 and 18 years. This study thus provides fresh …

This paper studies how stress affects the mortality risk. Using a flexible approach and allowing for timevarying … treatment effects, I find no impact of stress on the short-run mortality risk but a substantially increase in the long-run. The … substantially lower the mortality risk for women. The results for men point towards lower effectiveness likely due to stigma effects …