Nber Working Paper Series Economic Conditions and Mortality: Evidence from 200 Years of Data

We are grateful to Simon Board, Walker Hanlon and seminar participants at Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, Wisconsin University, University of Houston, University of Michigan, University of Texas-Austin, University College London and the NBER Summer Institute for their comments. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.