Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina’s Downturns

Cruces, Guillermo; Glüzmann, Pablo Alfredo; Calva, Luis Felipe López

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.014

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“…Following which, some studies have examined infant mortality during episodes of economic downturn. For example, Cruces et al (2012) Hakobyan et al (2006) and Renton et al (2012). Other studies have qualified the inverse relationship between income per capita and infant mortality.…”

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Determinants of Infant Mortality in Older ASEAN Economies

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Infant mortality in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been declining, yet disparities remain between the nations. This paper therefore explores the determinants of infant mortality in the older ASEAN economies, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The key findings of the study are: First, there is evidence of long-run relationships among infant mortality, education, female fertility, income and access to healthcare. Second, the determinants of infant mortality vary between countries. Female fertility emerged as the main determinant of infant mortality in Malaysia, while access to healthcare matter for infant mortality in Indonesia and somewhat in the Philippines. The income effect is significant for reducing infant mortality in Malaysia, while female education level is important for Indonesia and Thailand. Third, the speed of adjustment of infant mortality rate is comparatively low in ASEAN-4.

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Determinants of Infant Mortality in Older ASEAN Economies

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“…Studies from developed countries, the U.S. in particular, showed that recessions can be "good for your health" (Ruhm, 2000;Chay and Greenstone, 2003;Dehejia and Lleras Muney, 2004). In contrast, most studies from developing countries showed that child health is procyclical (Paxson and Schady, 2005 for Peru; Bhalotra, 2010 for India; Cruces et al, 2012 andBozzoli andQuintana-Domeque, 2014 for Argentina; Baird et al, 2011 for a large set of developing countries); an obvious exception is the study of Miller and Urdinola (2010) where they show that infant mortality increases with income in Colombia. The evidence from middle-income countries is mixed (Schady and Smitz, 2010).…”

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Recessions are Not Good for Your Health: The Counter-Cyclical Health Outcomes Revisited

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2015

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The net, positive, effect of unemployment at conception on birth outcomes in developed countries is likely overestimated in the literature. This is the consequence of ignoring the effects of unemployment during pregnancy. Using data from Israel, we not only confirm this finding but also find that the harmful effects of unemployment in the third trimester are large enough to offset any preceding positive effects. Stress and nutritional deficiencies due to economic contractions during pregnancy are at least as important as the positive self-selection at conception. This finding calls for policy intervention to support pregnant women even in developed countries.

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“…In developing countries, the reverse is often the case: economic recessions correspond to increased mortality (e.g. Cruces et al ., ). How health spending behaviour changes in response to economic fluctuations is one key channel linking economic fluctuations to health outcomes in developing countries (Waters et al ., ; Hopkins, ; Gottret et al ., ; Anderson et al ., ).…”

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The Cyclical Behaviour of Public and Private Health Expenditure in China

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This paper studies short-run cyclical behaviour of public (government and social) and private health expenditure and GDP using both time series and panel data techniques. First, national time series data have been used within a multivariate Beveridge-Nelson decomposition framework to construct the permanent and cyclical components. The correlation analysis results for the cyclical components suggest that current public health expenditure is pro-cyclical while there is no clear evidence of a correlation between cycles in private health expenditure and in GDP growth. Next, using an instrumental variable method and the generalised method of moments estimator, provincial-level panel data analyses confirm pro-cyclical impacts of government spending on health. The provincial analysis also suggests that private health expenditure in urban China has a pro-cyclical association with GDP growth, but a lack of good instruments makes it difficult to identify a clear causal link between cycles in income growth and private health expenditure. The results suggest two policy recommendations relevant to public health expenditure, in line with China's current health reforms.

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Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina’s Downturns

Cited by 27 publications

References 26 publications

Determinants of Infant Mortality in Older ASEAN Economies

Determinants of Infant Mortality in Older ASEAN Economies

Recessions are Not Good for Your Health: The Counter-Cyclical Health Outcomes Revisited

The Cyclical Behaviour of Public and Private Health Expenditure in China

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