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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Main Author: Bhattacharya, Jay (Author)
Other Authors: Gathmann, Christina (Other) , Miller, Grant (Other)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass National Bureau of Economic Research December 2012
Series:NBER working paper series no. w18589
DOI:10.3386/w18589
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei: http://www.nber.org/papers/w18589
Verlag, kostenfrei: http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w18589
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Author Notes:Jay Bhattacharya, Christina Gathmann, Grant Miller
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