Changes in Mortality: Meta-Analysis

Kazuhiro Kumo
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Kazuhiro Kumo: Hitotsubashi University

Chapter 7 in Demography of Russia, 2017, pp 219-259 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter uses previous research to identify determinants of mortality rates, an economic variable that affects the size of Russia’s population. It concluded that factors such as a deterioration in levels of medical care or an increase in environmental pollution could not easily explain the rise in mortality rates throughout the Soviet era and the fluctuating mortality rates seen after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The analysis explored the relationship between Russians and alcohol, which had been described anecdotally in literary works, the media, and so on, and demonstrated the significance of alcohol consumption as a factor exerting a decisive influence on long-term changes in mortality rates and the probability of death in Russia.

Keywords: Russia; Mortality; Alcohol consumption; Meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J19 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-51850-7_7

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