-demographic literature emphasizes differential fertility channel, this paper investigates differential child mortality - differences in child … mortality across income groups - as a critical link through which income inequality persists. Using an overlapping generations … model in which both child mortality and fertility are endogenously determined by parental choice, this paper demonstrates …

, on the elderly mortality in Russia. According to our study, crises have led to an increase in mortality with … for the rise in mortality. While increases at a higher rate compared to overall mortality, alcohol-related mortality … explains a relatively small part of total mortality rise …

, on the elderly mortality in Russia. According to our study, crises have led to an increase in mortality with … for the rise in mortality. While increases at a higher rate compared to overall mortality, alcohol-related mortality … explains a relatively small part of total mortality rise …

Has massive distribution of insecticide-treated-nets contributed to the reduction in in- fant mortality in Sub … contrast, in highly malarious rural areas where bednet coverage reached high levels, above 75% of households, infant mortality … has been reduced by at least 3 percentage points, which amounts to 25% of the initial mortality. The identified impact is …

constant income and population is achieved through equilibrating adjustments in "positive checks" (mortality, starvation) and … Asian economies, have experienced steady income growth accompanied by sharply falling fertility and mortality rates … economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus, but also for …

Background. Prior studies indicate the protective role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation in human health, mediated by …

's development. Yet little is known about long-run effects of lead exposure during early-life on old-age mortality outcomes. This …

study was subject to a number of major methodological flaws. Many of their claims pertain to the role of infant mortality …. I show that infant mortality was not an important determinant of the growth in U.S. life expectancy during the period … that I studied, and that my estimates are completely insensitive to the inclusion or exclusion of infant mortality …

public testing and additional fiscal stimulus in non-health could help reduce excess mortality, which might lead to lower … excess mortality and GDP growth adjusted for additional fiscal stimulus. We conduct an empirical analysis in two stages …: first, using hierarchical clustering, we partition countries based on their similarity in health and economic outcomes …