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

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

This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the … program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We … find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier …

This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the … program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We … find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier …

first papers on this topic, Barker and Osmond (1986) show a strong positive relationship between infant mortality rates in … average effects conceal underlying heterogeneity: we examine if the infant mortality effect offsets or reinforces one … genetic risk for developing heart disease. Put differently, in areas with the lowest infant mortality rates, the effect of one …