Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10471720 | Social Science & Medicine | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Economic growth and health progress in England and Wales are analyzed in 1840-2000. ⺠The increase in life expectancy at birth (LEB) or the decrease in mortality rates are used as indicators of health progress. ⺠A negative relation is found between GDP growth and health progress - the lower the rate of growth of the economy, the greater the annual increase in LEB for both males and females. ⺠The effect is much stronger in 1900-1950 than in 1950-2000, and is very weak in the 19th century, and appears basically at lag zero. ⺠These results add to an emerging consensus that mortality rates drop faster during recessions than during expansions.
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Authors
José A. Tapia Granados,