uses newly assembled historical data on annual mortality across 438 U.S. cities to explore the determinants of pandemic … mortality. We assess the role of three broad factors: i) pre-pandemic population health and poverty, ii) air pollution, and iii … the distribution of pre-pandemic infant mortality had 21 excess deaths per 10,000 residents in 1918 relative to cities in …

mortality, fertility, and the economy in the short and medium run. The role of nonpharmaceutical interventions in shaping those …

This paper studies the immediate and long-run mortality effects of the first community-based health intervention in the … historical narrative suggest that the demonstration was highly successful in controlling tuberculosis and reducing mortality … tuberculosis mortality, all-age mortality, nor infant mortality. These findings contribute to the ongoing debate on whether public …

uses newly assembled historical data on annual mortality across 438 U.S. cities to explore the determinants of pandemic … mortality. We assess the role of three broad factors: i) pre-pandemic population health and poverty, ii) air pollution, and iii … the distribution of pre-pandemic infant mortality had 21 excess deaths per 10,000 residents in 1918 relative to cities in …

studies the impact of air pollution on pandemic mortality. The analysis combines a panel dataset on infant and all …-age mortality with a novel measure of air pollution based on the burning of coal in a large sample of U.S. cities. We estimate that … air pollution contributed significantly to pandemic mortality. Cities that used more coal experienced tens of thousands of …