The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994. Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily among alcohol-related causes and among working-age men (the heaviest drinkers), this paper investigates an alternative explanatio...

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1. Verfasser: Bhattacharya, Jay (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gathmann, Christina (BerichterstatterIn) , Miller, Grant (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass National Bureau of Economic Research December 2012
Schriftenreihe:NBER working paper series no. w18589
DOI:10.3386/w18589
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei: http://www.nber.org/papers/w18589
Verlag, kostenfrei: http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w18589
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Verfasserangaben:Jay Bhattacharya, Christina Gathmann, Grant Miller

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