Yes there may be Givewell research saying that, but its still very unclear, and the mainstream public health view (for what its worth) has generally been that better healthcare and saving lives may well lead to lower fertility rates and lower populations in the medium/long term.
Are there any good research articles that do a decent job of isolating the role of reducing mortality rates? Review articles would be particularly useful.
Yes there may be Givewell research saying that, but its still very unclear, and the mainstream public health view (for what its worth) has generally been that better healthcare and saving lives may well lead to lower fertility rates and lower populations in the medium/long term.
Are there any good research articles that do a decent job of isolating the role of reducing mortality rates? Review articles would be particularly useful.
Here’s a link to the GiveWell-commissioned research that I have: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3635855 .