Good health with good institutions. An empirical analysis for italian regions

Maria Alessandra Antonelli and Giorgia Marini

No 61, Public Finance Research Papers from Istituto di Economia e Finanza, DSGE, Sapienza University of Rome

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the role of institutional quality in explaining cross-regional variation of population health status. To this purpose, the analysis follows two steps. First, we introduce a composite regional health status indicator (RHSI) summarizing life expectancy, mortality and morbidity data. Then, we study the empirical relationship between RHSI and a set of socio-economic, health system and institutional controls over a panel of 21 territorial units (19 regions and 2 autonomous provinces) over the period 2011-2019. As a first result the analysis shows that institutional quality is a fundamental driver for population health. Furthermore, we find that well-functioning institutions and LEAs implementation make the socio-economic context no longer relevant for population health, and this can lead to a reduction in inequalities.

Keywords: life expectancy; mortality; morbidity; health status; institutional quality; Italian regions. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I18 O17 P48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2023-06
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