IZA Discussion Papers

revised from IZA DP 8566; published as `Domestic Violence and Child Mortality in the Developing World' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82(4): 723-750.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11890

Abortion Laws and Women's Health

Damian Clarke, Hanna Mühlrad

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76 (C), 102413

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11851

Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality

Andreas Kuhn, Stefan Staubli, Jean-Philippe Wuellrich, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 191, 104087

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11773

Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

forthcoming as 'Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11717

Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

Michael Geruso, Dean Spears

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11717

Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

Michael Geruso, Dean Spears

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11716

Fertility and Labor Market Responses to Reductions in Mortality

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Atheendar Venkataramani, Selma Walther

revised version here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11716

Fertility and Labor Market Responses to Reductions in Mortality

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Atheendar Venkataramani, Selma Walther

revised version here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11715

New Evidence on the Impacts of Early Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Old-Age Mortality: A Research Note

Jason M. Fletcher

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11628

Bismarck's Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline

Stefan Bauernschuster, Anastasia Driva, Erik Hornung

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11591

The Impact of Mental Problems on Mortality and How It Is Moderated by Education

Govert Bijwaard, Mikko Myrskylä, Per Tynelius

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11590

Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Participation

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, Joseph Gomes, Atheendar Venkataramani

R&R Journal of Political Economy. Substantial revision available from the authors. Last version: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2019/06/28/19000570.full.pdf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11542

Impact of the Clean Air Act on Air Pollution and Infant Health: Evidence from South Korea

Soohyung Lee, Heesun Yoo, Minhyuk Nam

forthcoming in: Economics Letters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11465

When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Young Men

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson

forthcoming in: American Economic Review: Insights

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11448

A Unique Bond: Twin Bereavement and Lifespan Associations of Identical and Fraternal Twins

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bettina Drepper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11305

The Effect of Self-Employment on Health: Evidence from Longitudinal Social Security Data

Judite Goncalves, Pedro S. Martins

forthcoming in: Small Business Economics, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11292

Religion and Abortion: The Role of Politician Identity

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Lakshmi Iyer

R&R, Journal of Development Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11121

The Rising Longevity Gap by Lifetime Earnings: Distributional Implications for the Pension System

Peter Haan, Daniel Kemptner, Holger Lüthen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11116

Forced Migration and Mortality

Thomas K. Bauer, Matthias Giesecke, Laura Janisch

published as 'The Impact of Forced Migration on Mortality: Evidence from German Pension Insurance Records' in: Demography, 2019, 56(1), 25-47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10834

Disease and Fertility: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden

Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Maryna Ivets, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10780

Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India

Santosh Kumar, Nishith Prakash

published in: Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 185, July 2017, 171-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10779

Run For Your Life? The Effect of Close Elections on the Life Expectancy of Politicians

Mark Borgschulte, Jacob Vogler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10618

Urban Water Disinfection and Mortality Decline in Developing Countries

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Grant Miller, Alfonso Miranda, Atheendar Venkataramani

forthcoming: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10590

Was the First Public Health Campaign Successful? The Tuberculosis Movement and its Effect on Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Claudio Las Heras Olivares, Daniel I. Rees

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (2), 143-175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10465

Fertility, Mortality and Environmental Policy

Ulla Lehmijoki, Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10416

Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada

Randall K. Q. Akee, Donna Feir

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10338

Do Leaders' Characteristics and Regime Transitions in Africa Matter for Citizens' Health Status?

Luis Diaz-Serrano, Frank Gyimah Sackey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10271

On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: New Evidence on Abortion, Fertility, and Parental Investments

S Anukriti, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Hiu Tam

forthcoming: Economic Journal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10137

Education, Cognitive Ability and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Structural Approach

Govert Bijwaard, Mikko Myrskylä, Per Tynelius, Finn Rasmussen

forthcoming in: Population Studies, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10122

Health Insurance and Child Health: Evidence from Mexico

Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources as "Who Benefits From Free Health Insurance: Evidence from Mexico"

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10115

Can Natural Gas Save Lives? Evidence from the Deployment of a Fuel Delivery System in a Developing Country

Resul Cesur, Erdal Tekin, Aydogan Ulker

published in Journal of Health Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10074

The Effect of Occupational Licensing on Consumer Welfare: Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Ryan Brown, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

forthcoming as ' Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws' in: Journal of Political Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10074

The Effect of Occupational Licensing on Consumer Welfare: Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Ryan Brown, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

forthcoming as ' Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws' in: Journal of Political Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9930

Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Dilip Mookherjee, Francisco J. Pino

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (2), 295-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9903

Mortality Inequality: The Good News from a County-Level Approach

Janet Currie, Hannes Schwandt

Journal of Economic Perspectives, May 2016, Vol. 30(2): 29-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9884

Canary in a Coal Mine: Infant Mortality, Property Values, and Tradeoffs Associated with Mid-20th Century Air Pollution

Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson R. Severnini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9810

Heterogeneous Effects of Medical Interventions on the Health of Low-Risk Newborns

N. Meltem Daysal, Mircea Trandafir, Reyn van Ewijk

revised version published as 'Low-risk isn't no-risk: Perinatal treatments and the health of low-income newborns' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 64, 55-67.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9798

Cognitive Ability and the Mortality Gradient by Education: Selection or Mediation?

Govert Bijwaard, Andrew M. Jones

forthcoming in: Empirical Economics, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9688

Parental Influences on Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees

Mikael Lindahl, Evelina Björkegren, Mårten Palme, Emilia Simeonova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9679

The Price of Gold: Dowry and Death in India

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Selim Gulesci

Journal of Development Economics, 2020 (revised version)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9483

Job Loss, Firm?Level Heterogeneity and Mortality: Evidence from Administrative Data

Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel, Jochem Zweerink

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 59, 78-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9399

Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic

Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson R. Severnini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9329

The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey

Resul Cesur, Pınar Mine Güneş, Erdal Tekin, Aydogan Ulker

published as 'The value of socialized medicine: The impact of universal primary healthcare provision on mortality rates in 'in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 150, 74 - 93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9327

The Long Lasting Influenza: The Impact of Fetal Stress during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Socioeconomic Attainment and Health in Sweden 1968-2012

Tommy Bengtsson, Jonas Helgertz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9313

Fighting Infectious Disease: Evidence from Sweden 1870-1940

Volha Lazuka, Luciana Quaranta, Tommy Bengtsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9280

Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Is It a One-Way Street?

Petter Lundborg, Kaveh Majlesi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9176

The Effect of Income on Mortality: New Evidence for the Absence of a Causal Link

Alexander Ahammer, Thomas Horvath, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer