Childhood Mortality and Economic Growth

Sonia Bhalotra

The Centre for Market and Public Organisation from The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK

Abstract: This paper investigates the extent to which the decline in childhood mortality over the last three decades can be attributed to economic growth. In doing this, it exploits the considerable variation in growth over this period, across states and over time. The analysis is able to condition upon a number of economic and demographic variables. The estimates are used to produce a crude estimate of the rate of economic growth that would be necessary to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing the under-5 mortality by two thirds, from its level in 1990, by the year 2015. The main conclusion is that, while growth does have a significant impact on mortality risk, growth alone cannot be relied upon to achieve the goal.

Keywords: childhood mortality; economic growth; MDGs; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 J13 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2008-01
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Working Paper: Childhood Mortality and Economic Growth (2006)
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