Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

Health 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...

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Main Authors:	Baird, Sarah, Friedman, Jed, Schady, Norbert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	MIT Press 2012
Subjects:	Macroeconomics: Production E230 Health Production I120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4916

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spelling	okr-10986-49162021-04-23T14:02:20Z Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World Baird, Sarah Friedman, Jed Schady, Norbert Macroeconomics: Production E230 Health Production I120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Health 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. 2012-03-30T07:30:22Z 2012-03-30T07:30:22Z 2011-08 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics 00346535 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4916 EN CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank MIT Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	Macroeconomics: Production E230 Health Production I120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
spellingShingle	Macroeconomics: Production E230 Health Production I120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Baird, Sarah Friedman, Jed Schady, Norbert Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
description	Health 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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author	Baird, Sarah Friedman, Jed Schady, Norbert
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title	Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
title_short	Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
title_full	Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
title_fullStr	Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
title_full_unstemmed	Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
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Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

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