We estimate the causal effect of permanent and premature exits from the labor force on mortality. To overcome the …-eligible regions. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change …

of Vietnam era military service on civilian mortality. In this paper. I present necessary and sufficient conditions for …

mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither …

accidents, heart attacks and strokes. In this paper, we examine the short-term mortality consequences of income receipt. We find … that mortality increases following the arrival of monthly Social Security payments, regular wage payments for military … personnel, the 2001 tax rebates, and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend payments. The increase in short-run mortality is large …

one percentage point reduction in unemployment is predicted to raise AMI mortality by 1.3 percent, with a larger increase … the frail elderly. AMI mortality risk quickly rises when the economy strengthens and increases further if the favorable …

antihypertensive therapy has had a significant impact on cardiovascular health outcomes but that mortality gains would have been …

Measuring the lifetime costs and benefits of medical technologies is essential in evaluating technological change and … years of follow up data, I evaluate the long-term costs and benefits of revascularization after a heart attack. I account …

.35) percentage point increase in 90-day and 1-year mortality, respectively, compared with those not experiencing changes in distance …. Our results also suggest that the predominant mechanism behind the mortality increase appeared to be time delay as opposed …