Childhood mortality and economic growth

Arbeitspapier

This paper investigates the extent to which the decline in child mortality over the last three decades can be attributed to economic growth. In doing this, it exploits the considerable variation in growth over this period, across states and over time. The analysis is able to condition upon a number of economic and demographic variables. The estimates are used to produce a crude estimate of the rate of economic growth that would be necessary to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing the under-5 mortality by two-thirds, from its level in 1990, by the year 2015. The main conclusion is that, while growth does have a significant impact on mortality risk, growth alone cannot be relied upon to achieve the goal.

Object Details

• ISBN: 9291908576
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2006/79

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Subject: childhood mortality ; economic growth ; MDGs ; India ; Kindersterblichkeit ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Indien ; Millennium Development Goals

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bhalotra, Sonia
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63530
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