WWII on newborn health using a unique data set of historical birth records ranging from December 1937 to September 1941 …. Furthermore we investigate the heterogeneity of this effect with respect to health at birth and for different social groups. To … weight and asphyxia, perinatal mortality increases immediately after the onset of WWII. The mortality effect is driven by …

Recent studies suggest that health inequalities across socio-economic groups in the US are large and have been growing …. We hypothesize that, as in other, non-health contexts, this pattern occurs because more educated people are better able … relating education gradients in mortality with measures medical innovation. We focus on overall mortality and cancer mortality …

Recent studies suggest that health inequalities across socio-economic groups in the US are large and have been growing …. We hypothesize that, as in other, non-health contexts, this pattern occurs because more educated people are better able … relating education gradients in mortality with measures medical innovation. We focus on overall mortality and cancer mortality …

WWII on newborn health using a unique data set of historical birth records ranging from December 1937 to September 1941 …. Furthermore we investigate the heterogeneity of this effect with respect to health at birth and for different social groups. To … weight and asphyxia, perinatal mortality increases immediately after the onset of WWII. The mortality effect is driven by …

Social class inequalities in health and mortality have become an increasingly prominent topic of study among … inequalities in a wide variety of settings using multiple measures of health and all-cause and cause-specific mortality. That …. This review discusses various measures used to define social class in studies of health inequalities. It then reviews the …