Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

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dc.creatorBaird, Sarah
dc.creatorFriedman, Jed
dc.creatorSchady, Norbert
dc.date2012-03-30T07:30:22Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:30:22Z
dc.date2011-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:53:35Z
dc.descriptionHealth and income are strongly correlated both within and across countries, yet the extent to which improvements in income have a causal effect on health status remains controversial. We investigate whether short-term fluctuations in aggregate income affect infant mortality using an unusually large data set of 1.7 million births in 59 developing countries. We show a large, negative association between per capita GDP and infant mortality. Female infant mortality is more sensitive than male infant mortality to negative economic shocks, suggesting that policies that protect the health status of female infants may be especially important during economic downturns.
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dc.identifierReview of Economics and Statistics
dc.identifier00346535
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4916
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/4916
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412563
dc.languageEN
dc.publisherMIT Press
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectMacroeconomics: Production E230
dc.subjectHealth Production I120
dc.subjectFertility
dc.subjectFamily Planning
dc.subjectChild Care
dc.subjectINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children
dc.subjectYouth J130
dc.subjectMacroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.titleAggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
dc.titleReview of Economics and Statistics
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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