Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behaviour, higher … better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …

survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in … endogenous variables across countries. The results suggest that differences in extrinsic mortality might explain a substantial …