inequality; (ii) trends in mortality and life expectancy; and (iii) changes in political participation and empowerment. While all …

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 …

as an integral indicator of communities' welfare. The paper analyses the key factors of morbidity, mortality and risks …

The paper investigates the effect of child malnutrition on the risk of mortality in Burundi, a very poor country … order to address the problem of omitted variables correlated with both nutritional status and the risk of mortality, we use …

find evidence that effect of PHI on inpatient mortality vary over levels of unobserved confounders giving rise to a …

The paper investigates the effect of child malnutrition on the risk of mortality in Burundi, a very poor country … order to address the problem of omitted variables correlated with both nutritional status and the risk of mortality, we use …

We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several … schooling or lower mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings reflect direct effects of military service on … subsequent mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. We conclude that increasing the proportion of high school …