late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

, we use rich contextual data on morbidity and mortality, as well as on the socioeconomic status of parents, for the period … influenza suffered from worse adult health and, for males, also increased mortality at old ages, particularly in cancer. Their …

This paper provides new evidence of the impacts of early life exposure to the 1918 pandemic on old-age mortality by … analyzing data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study (n ~ 220,000). The specifications used year and quarter of birth … indicators to assess the effects of timing of pandemic exposure and used Cox proportional hazard models for all-cause mortality …

positive selection on health from high infant mortality rates during this period (18 percent), our findings suggest a strong …

This paper provides new evidence of the impacts of early life exposure to the 1918 pandemic on old-age mortality by … analyzing data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study (n ~ 220,000). The specifications used year and quarter of birth … indicators to assess the effects of timing of pandemic exposure and used Cox proportional hazard models for all-cause mortality …

find that cities with higher levels of mortality during the Great Influenza of 1918-1919 subsequently expanded hospital … capacity by more than cities experiencing less influenza mortality: cities in the top half of the mortality distribution …

find that cities with higher levels of mortality during the Great Influenza of 1918-1919 subsequently expanded hospital … capacity by more than cities experiencing less influenza mortality: cities in the top half of the mortality distribution …

growth, but the marginal effect on wage growth from an additional World War I combat mortality was greater than that from the …