The effects of economic instability on infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates: Evidence from Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2137-2150

  Lin, Shin Jong ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic instability; Fixed effects model; Infant mortality rate; Panel data; Taiwan; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INFANT MORTALITY; INSTABILITY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEONATAL NURSING; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33644894754     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. D.M. Bishai Infant mortality time series are random walks with drift: Are they cointegrated with socioeconomic variables? Health Economics 4 1995 157 167
2. M.H. Brenner Fetal, infant and maternal mortality during periods of economic instability International Journal of Health Services 3 1973 145 159
3. M.H. Brenner Mortality and the national economy: A review and the experience of England and Wales, 1937-76 The Lancet 1979 568 573
4. R. Catalano, and S. Serxner Neonatal mortality and the economy revisited International Journal of Health Services 22 2 1992 275 286
5. R. Frank, and B.K. Finch Los Anos de la Crisis: An examination of change in differential infant mortality risk within Mexico Social Science & Medicine 59 2004 825 835
6. Gerdtham, Ulf-G., & Ruhm, C. J. (2002). Deaths rise in good economic times: Evidence from the OECD. Working Paper 9357. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
7. E. Gibbons, and R. Garfield The impact of economic sanctions on health and human rights in Haiti, 1991-1994 American Journal of Public Health 89 1 1999 1499 1504
8. H.S.E. Gravelle, G. Hutchinson, and J. Stern Mortality and unemployment: A critique of Brenner's time-series analysis The Lancet 2 1981 675 679
9. J. Hausman Specification tests in econometrics Econometrica 46 1978 1251 1271
10. D.E. Hojman Evolution of infant and child mortality in Chile: A model Applied Economics 24 1992 1173 1179
11. T. Joyce, and H.N. Mocan Unemployment and infant health: Time series evidence from the State of Tennessee Journal of Human Resources 28 1 1993 185 203
12. J. Lynch, G. Davey Smith, M. Hillemeier, M. Shaw, T. Raghunathan, and G. Kaplan Income inequality, the psychosocial environment, and health: Comparisons of wealthy countries The Lancet 358 2001 194 200
13. J.A. Macinko, L. Shi, and B. Starfield Wage inequality, the health system, and infant mortality in wealthy industrialized countries, 1970-1996 Social Science & Medicine 58 2004 279 292
14. E. Neumayer Recessions lower (some) mortality rates: Evidence from Germany Social Science & Medicine 58 6 2004 1037 1047
15. C.J. Ruhm Are recessions good for your health? The Quarterly Journal of Economics 115 2 2000 617 650
16. C.J. Ruhm Good times make you sick Journal of Health Economics 22 4 2003 637 658
17. Ruhm, C. J. (2004). Macroeconomic conditions, health and mortality. Working Paper11007. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
18. J. Stern The relationship between unemployment, morbidity and mortality in Britain Population Studies 37 1983 61 74
19. A. Wagstaff Time series analysis of the relationship between unemployment and mortality: A survey of econometric critiques and replications of Brenner's studies Social Science & Medicine 21 9 1985 985 996