lower educated. We address whether the educational gradient in the mortality rate can be explained by the educational … multistate hazard model (a 'Timing-of-events'- model) and, for selection into education, by using inverse propensity weighting … based on the probability to attain higher education. We use Swedish Military Conscription Data (1951-1960), for males only …

health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …

health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …

children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … different stock and flow measure results rely on the choice of the reference standard for mortality and an incomplete correction …

children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … different stock and flow measure results rely on the choice of the reference standard for mortality and an incomplete correction …

Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … reinforcing evidence from the period in which the United States experienced rapid declines in maternal mortality. The historical …

Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it … mortality. The historical decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had …

mortality. Investigating mechanisms, we find that gender quotas lead to increases in percentage points of 5-8 in skilled birth … for tackling maternal mortality …