experts and laypeople.This paper describes the mechanics, style, and content of “Mortality,” a mobile gaming application … designed to help people understand how different mortality risks compare to one another. The game structure can serve as a …

daily deaths from COVID-19 fixed, what was the impact of vaccines on cumulative mortality from COVID-19 up through June 2023 … behavioral responses to COVID-19 deaths on cumulative mortality from COVID-19 over this same time period? In answering the first … question, I find that vaccines saved 748,600 lives through June 2023. That is, without vaccines, cumulative mortality from …

We study the causal effects of job loss and unemployment insurance (UI) on hospitalization and mortality for Brazilian … discharges, and mortality for a period of 17 years. Using a difference-in-differences research design that compares laid …% increase in the probability of male in-patient admission to public hospitals, and a 34% increase in the risk of male mortality …

This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the … program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We … find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier …

deaths in Brazil, in its macro-regions and Federative Units (UF) in the period 2011-2013. Data from the Mortality Information …Violence against women is a problem of great magnitude and relevance in Brazil, which has death as its more extreme … expression. This study aimed to estimate corrected female mortality rates due to assault and to describe the profile of these …

This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential … forecasts for Brazil suggests a possible increase of 305 neonatal deaths annually and, for families in the Primary Care Program …

deaths in Brazil, in its macro-regions and Federative Units (UF) in the period 2011-2013. Data from the Mortality Information …Violence against women is a problem of great magnitude and relevance in Brazil, which has death as its more extreme … expression. This study aimed to estimate corrected female mortality rates due to assault and to describe the profile of these …

. -- Family health program ; mortality ; household behavior ; impact evaluation ; Brazil …This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the … program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We …