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dc.contributor.authorPritchett, Jonathanen
dc.contributor.authorYun, Myeong-Suen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-24-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:29:45Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:29:45Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20080828127en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34822-
dc.description.abstractUsing a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general population, slaves were significantly less likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze the determinants of in-hospital mortality at Touro using Oaxaca-type decomposition to aggregate our regression results. After controlling for differences in characteristics and maladies, we find that much of the mortality gap remains unexplained. In conclusion, we propose an alternative explanation for the mortality gap based on the selective hospital admission of slaves.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3652en
dc.subject.jelN31en
dc.subject.ddc300en
dc.subject.keywordSlaveryen
dc.subject.keywordhospitalen
dc.subject.keywordOaxaca-type decompositionen
dc.subject.keywordNew Orleansen
dc.subject.keywordTouroen
dc.subject.stwSterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwKrankenhausen
dc.subject.stwSklavereien
dc.subject.stwWeißeen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleThe in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen: evidence from Touro infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 - 1860-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn578090554en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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