among European countries, analysing weekly data and applying cointegration models. Regarding the pandemic's intensity, we … relationship between the stringency index and COVID or non-COVID mortality, it was usually positive and mortality driven. That … suggests that although the governments tailored the restrictions to the growing mortality rate, they were unable to control the …

The world has enjoyed huge improvements in population health during the last half century. But major health problems … deal with noncommunicable diseases. Several classic arguments for public spending on health have buttressed governments …' efforts to improve health. These efforts have now been further spurred by new economic arguments that better population health …

the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the …The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by about 70 percent from 1992 to 2016. This was not simply …

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

people practicing open defecation, health expenditure (percent of GDP), and out-of-pocket health expenditure are included as … total labor force, and in the percentage of out-of-pocket health expenditure, the rate of TB cases per 100,000 population … people practicing open defecation and health expenditure (percent of GDP) did not significantly influence TB incidence. The …

There has been a longstanding debate about the link between political representation and health. In this article, I … representation generated substantive health benefits for the general population. Using the exemplary case of Switzerland, I first … redistribution or total spending. Based on comprehensive archival mortality statistics since 1890, I then demonstrate that the …

primary policy tool of governments in providing effective health. We argue that the effectiveness of spending in reducing … COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of healthcare equity and lower political corruption, because the health sector …-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation, suggest that higher spending targeted at reducing inequitable access to health has reduced …

This paper shows that local banking market conditions affect mortality rates in the United States. Exploiting the … mortality rates. This effect is driven by a decrease in the mortality rate of black residents, implying a decrease in the black …-white mortality gap. We further analyze the role of mortgage markets as a transmitter between banking deregulation and mortality and …

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 …