Replication data for: Modern Medicine and the Twentieth Century Decline in Mortality: Evidence on the Impact of Sulfa Drugs
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Project Citation:
Jayachandran, Seema, Lleras-Muney, Adriana, and Smith, Kimberly V. Replication data for: Modern Medicine and the Twentieth Century Decline in Mortality: Evidence on the Impact of Sulfa Drugs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113743V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper studies the contribution of sulfa drugs, a groundbreaking
medical innovation in the 1930s, to declines in US mortality. For
several infectious diseases, sulfa drugs represented the first effective
treatment. Using time-series and difference-in-differences methods,
we find that sulfa drugs led to a 24 to 36 percent decline in maternal
mortality, 17 to 32 percent decline in pneumonia mortality, and 52
to 65 percent decline in scarlet fever mortality between 1937 and
1943. Altogether, sulfa drugs reduced mortality by 2 to 3 percent and
increased life expectancy by 0.4 to 0.7 years. We also find that sulfa
drugs benefited whites more than blacks. (JEL I12, L65, N32, N72)
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JEL Classification:
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I12 Health Behavior
L65 Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
N72 Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
I12 Health Behavior
L65 Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
N72 Economic History: Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
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