Real consumer food prices and child mortality: Evidence from low‐ and middle‐income countries

Muhammed A. Usman, Daniel A. Mekonnen, Lukas Kornher and Joachim von Braun

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2025, vol. 47, issue 2, 747-773

Abstract: This paper estimates the effect of short‐term changes in real consumer food prices on short‐term fluctuations in neonatal, infant, and child mortality rates using a panel dataset covering 59 low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) for the period 2000–2015. Quarterly mortality rates were constructed from over 145 rounds of the standard Demographic and Health Surveys allowing to identify short‐term (

Date: 2025
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