Declining Mortality Inequality within Cities during the Health Transition

Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn

American Economic Review, 2015, vol. 105, issue 5, 564-69

Abstract: In the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century, large cities had extremely high death rates from infectious disease. Within major cities such as New York City and Philadelphia, there was significant variation at any point in time in the mortality rate across neighborhoods. Between 1900 and 1930 neighborhood mortality convergence took place in New York City and Philadelphia. We document these trends and discuss their consequences for neighborhood quality of life dynamics and the economic incidence of who gains from effective public health interventions.

JEL-codes: D63 I12 N31 N32 N91 N92 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151070
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