Poverty and Health Outcomes n Nigeria

Peter Ubi and Bassey Ndem
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Peter Ubi: Department of Economics, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2019, vol. 9, issue 6, 132-141

Abstract: The study models the dynamics of poverty as they affect health outcomes in Nigeria. Vector autoregressive econometric approach was used to examine whether health outcomes (life expectancy and nfant mortality rate) in Nigeria respond to poverty shock. Empirical evidence from the study indicates that poverty shock does not have any significant impact on health outcome variables. Specifically, variations in health outcomes are not actually due to poverty shocks but due to the health outcome shock. It is therefore recommended that improvement in health outcome of the population is a necessity to poverty reduction in Nigeria.

Keywords: Poverty; Health; Outcomes; Vicious (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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