RETRACTED: Income Shocks and Child Mortality Rates: Evidence from Fluctuations in Oil Prices

RETRACTED: Income Shocks and Child Mortality Rates: Evidence from Fluctuations in Oil Prices

Previous studies show that children in lower socioeconomic status families reveal higher rates of mortality. We complement the income-mortality literature by establishing a causal link between income and child mortality. Our instrument for income is based on time-series global shocks to oil prices c...

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Main Authors: Rivero Catalina, Acuna Pedro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-06-01
Series:ECONOMICS
Subjects:
income
child mortality
infant mortality
toddler mortality
income inequality
oil price
panel data
two-stage least square
instrumental variable
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2021-0002

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https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2021-0002

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