| Aggregate economic shocks and infant mortality: New evidence for middle-income countries |
| Authors: |
Norbert Schady, Marc-Francois Smitz |
| Source: |
Economics Letters, Volume 108, Issue 2, August 2010, Pages 145–148, doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.03.017 |
| Topic(s): |
Economics
Infant mortality
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| Country: |
More than one region
Multiple Regions
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| Published: |
AUG 2010 |
| Abstract: |
Abstract
We provide country-specific estimates of the effect of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality for a sample of mainly middle-income countries. In most countries, infant mortality appears to be pro-cyclical or acyclical. Only when shocks to GDP are very deep, 15% or larger, are they consistently associated with higher mortality. |
| Web: |
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRICA/Resources/SchadySmitz_080509.pdf |