Income and Health in Tanzania. An Instrumental Variable Approach

被引：29

作者：

Fichera, Eleonora ^{[1
]}

Savage, David ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England

[2] HCL, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2015年 / 66卷

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

Tanzania; rainfall shocks; income; health; spatial interpolation; MORTALITY; RAINFALL; EVENTS; SHOCKS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.016

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

There is a substantial debate over the direction of the causal relation between income and health. This is important for our understanding of the health production process and for the policy debate over improving healthcare. We instrument income with rainfall measurements by matching satellite information on timing and positioning of 21 rainfall stations to longitudinal data (1991-94) of over 4,000 individuals in 51 villages in Tanzania. A 10% increase in income reduces the number of illnesses by 0.02. We also find that a 10% increase in income implies an increase of about 0.1 vaccinations of children under six. Crown Copyright (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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页码：500 / 515

页数：16

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