Under-5 Mortality Rates in G7 Countries: Analysis of Fractional Persistence, Structural Breaks and Nonlinear Time Trends

Olaoluwa Yaya, Luis Gil-Alana and Acheampong Y. Amoateng
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Acheampong Y. Amoateng: North West University (Mafikeng Campus)

European Journal of Population, 2019, vol. 35, issue 4, No 2, 675-694

Abstract: Abstract This paper deals with the analysis of the under-5 mortality rate series in the G7 countries by using fractional integration techniques, including structural breaks and potential nonlinearities in the data. Several features were detected in the results: Firstly, we observed that for the neonatal data, the order of integration is equal to or higher than one in all cases, contrary to what happens for the remaining cases (

Keywords: Fractional persistence; G7 countries; Infant mortality rate; Nonlinearity; Under-5 mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-018-9499-8

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