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how these changes affect tobacco-related mortality and morbidity in importing countries. Our results highlight the …
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We use micro-data to investigate the relationship between unemployment and mortality in the United States using … Logistic regression on a sample of over 16,000 individuals. We consider baselines from 1984 to 1993 and investigate mortality … up to ten years from the baseline. We show that poor local labor market conditions are associated with higher mortality …
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We estimate the long-run impact of cash transfers to poor families on children’s longevity, educational attainment, nutritional status, and income in adulthood. To do so, we collected individual-level administrative records of applicants to the Mothers’ Pension program — the first...
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The objective of the present paper is twofold: (1) to make an attempt to review in general the inter-linkages between the demographic transition model and the ageing process, (2) to show how one can make use of the recent criterion suggested by McCracken and Phillips in understanding the ageing...
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There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...
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In the immediate post conflict period, Afghanistan's health services were in a deplorable and chaotic state. Access and utilization of reproductive health services and skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month after delivery are key to saving those women at risk of dying due...
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This report represents the collaborative effort of three partners: the World Bank, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This book explores trends and differentials in women's health; examples of good practices in delivery and financing of...
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prepare for the future of their upcoming young generations, while aiming for a “modern†demographic regime of low mortality … automatic. Authorities will need to intervene swiftly on mortality, and particularly on fertility, through adequate population …
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estimate the influence of minimum income benefits on mortality using international data on benefit levels in 18 countries 1990 … pooled time-series regression, show that minimum income benefits improve mortality, measured in terms of age …-standardized death rates and life expectancy. The results on country-level links between minimum income benefits and mortality are …
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