 Economic Fluctuations and Mortality:Evidence from Wavelet Analysis for Sweden 1800-2000Niclas Krüger and Mikael Svensson No 2007:6, Working Papers from Örebro University, School of Business Abstract: In this paper we investigate the relationship between crude and age adjusted mortality andeconomic conditions by wavelet analysis in Sweden over the period 1800-2000. We use wavelet correlations and cross-correlations to analyze the contemporaneous connection as well as the lead/lag relationship between mortality and GDP at different time scales. Our results indicate a countercyclical relationship, i.e. mortality decreases in economic upturns, for all time horizons. The relationship is strongest and highly significant for dynamics with a period between 4 and 8 years, corresponding to the length of a typical Swedish business cycle. By means of vector autoregressive modelling, we further examine the dynamics of the response in mortality to an exogenous GDP growth shock. Our results indicate that economic upturns decreases contemporaneous mortality and increases mortality between six and eight years ahead. Keywords: Mortality; GDP growth; Wavelet (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published as Krüger, Niclas A and Mikael Svensson, 'Economic Fluctuations and Mortality:Evidence from Wavelet Analysis for Sweden 1800-2000' in Journal of Population Economics, 2012, pages 1215-1235. There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:oruesi:2007_006 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from Örebro University, School of Business Örebro University School of Business, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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