Can Higher Wages Protect Your Heart? Regional Evidence from Romania

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There is a bilateral influence between health and economic development. On the one hand, population health influences economic performance, both at micro and macro levels. On the other, being reflected in higher wellbeing, economic performance also influences health of population. Therefore, according to the materialist view, health status is dependent on the standard of living, whereas low living standards can increase the probability of morbidity and mortality by feeding poverty, poor hygiene and restricting access to health care and education, which is truly important in preventing diseases. Being generally considered to be a representative indicator for the standards of living, we have assessed the impact of wage variations on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) mortality, as CVD were proved to be more sensitive to socio-economic conditions, but also generally the main mortality cause in post-communist countries including Romania. Carrying out a panel data analysis over the 1995-2012 period on Romanian NUTSIII regions, the results showed a direct link between wage level and CVD mortality proving that the higher wages reach, the lower mortality is, thus confirming assumed materialist hypothesis.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: CES Working Papers ; ISSN: 2067-7693 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 740-750 ; Iasi: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Health and Inequality
• Thema: wage level ; cardiovascular diseases ; mortality ; Romania ; panel data analysis

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Incaltarau, Cristian ; Horodnic, Adrian-Vasile ; Botezat, Doru
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies
• (wo): Iasi
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/198424
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ