Using administrative records from the Social Security Administration this article explores the relationship between surname frequency and lifespan for over 19 million people born in 1910-19 and deceased by 2011—which represent over 80% of the total population born in 191019. People with more frequent surnames had shorter average and median lifespans. Differences in average lifespan between the ...

This paper presents new evidence that immigrants have better health than natives upon arrival to their destination. It analyzes a very interesting episode in international migration, namely the exodus of Ecuadorians in the aftermath of the economic collapse in the late 1990s. More than 600,000 Ecuadorians from 1999 to 2005 left their homeland, most relocating in Spain. Using information from th...

We investigate whether Egyptian mothers display son preference in their breastfeeding behaviour, given the trade off between the protective effects of breastfeeding and its contraceptive properties. We also examine how intensity of exposure to gender-biased parental investments before childbirth affects maternal nursing behaviour, exploiting exogenous variation in mothers’ age at premarital gen...

We examine the impact of temperature on mortality in Mexico using daily data over period 1998–2017 and find that 3.8 percent deaths are caused by suboptimal (26,000 every year). However, 92 weather-related induced cold (<12°C) or mildly ( 12–20°C) days only 2 outstandingly hot (>32°C). Furthermore, temperatures twice as likely to kill people bottom half income distribution. Finally, we sh...

Working conditions in Western countries have changed dramatically in the last twenty years, witnessing the emergence of new forms of employment contracts. The number of "standard" fulltime permanent jobs has decreased, while non-standard work arrangements such as temporary, contingent or part-time contracts have become much more common. This paper analyses the impact of temporary contracts and ...

We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics pandemics since late twentieth century. First, we cover role health in driving economic growth well-being standard frameworks for assessing burden infectious diseases. Second, sketch a general theoretical framework to evaluate trade-offs policy makers must consider when addressing diseases their repercussions. In so doin...

Comorbidity is defined as the presence of one or more chronic non-communicable diseases. Recentlymany articles have illustrated that covid positive person with noncommunicable disease has poor health outcome. Covid patients comorbidity such diabetes, heart diseases and hypertension are vulnerable to develop a severe condition. For this study we taken data from national family survey 2015-16 (NF...

The anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein is the founding member and namesake of the Bcl-2-protein family. It has recently been demonstrated that Bcl-2, apart from its anti-apoptotic role at mitochondrial membranes, can also directly interact with the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R), the primary Ca(2+)-release channel in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Bcl-2 can thereby reduce pro-apoptotic...