Income inequality and famine mortality: Evidence from the Finnish famine of the 1860s

Understanding and Preventing Famine and Famine Mortality

Famine Disease and Famine Mortality: Lessons from Ireland, 1845-1850

10740 words This is an abbreviated version of a paper given at a conference on famine demography at Les Treilles, France, 25-30 May 1999. The longer version is available as Mokyr and Ó Gráda, 1999. We are grateful to co-participants for their comments.

The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine

The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine * In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper addresses this question by estimating the effect of...

Learning from the 2011 Famine

Frailty and famine: Patterns of mortality and physiological stress among victims of famine in medieval London.

OBJECTIVES Famine can be defined as a shortage of foodstuffs that instigates widespread excess mortality due to starvation, infectious disease, and social disruption. Like other causes of catastrophic mortality, famine has the potential to be selective. This study examines how famines in medieval London were selective with respect to previous stress, age, and sex. METHODS This study compares ...