The mortality crisis in transition economies

Artikel

Large and sudden economic and political changes, even if potentially positive, often entail enormous social and health costs. Such transitory costs are generally underestimated or neglected by incumbent governments. The mortality crisis experienced by the former communist countries of Europe—which caused ten million excess deaths from 1990 to 2000—is a good example of how the transition from a low to a high socio-economic level can generate huge social costs if it is not actively, effectively, and equitably managed from a public policy perspective.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health and Inequality ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Sports Economics: Labor Issues
• Subject: transition ; mortality ; psychosocial stress ; social policies ; alcohol consumption ; eastern Europe

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cornia, Giovanni Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.298
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148523
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET