Local economic growth and infant mortality

Andreas Kammerlander, Günther G. Schulze

We show, for the first time, a causal effect of local economic growth on infant mortality. We use geo-referenced data for non-migrating mothers from 46 developing countries and 128 DHS survey rounds and combine it with nighttime luminosity data at a granular level. Using mother mixed effects we show that an increase in local economic activity significantly reduces the probability that the same mother loses a further child before its first birthday.

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Year of publication:	24.09.2021
Authors:	Kammerlander, Andreas ; Schulze, Günther G.
Publisher:	Freiburg, Germany : Department of International Economic Policy, Institute for Economic Research, University of Freiburg
Subject:	local economic growth \| child mortality \| nighttime lights \| Kindersterblichkeit \| Child mortality \| Regionales Wachstum \| Regional growth \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Wirtschaftsförderung \| Regional business growth programme \| Schätzung \| Estimation

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 28 Seiten)
Series:	Discussion paper series. - Freiburg, Breisgau : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1866-4113, ZDB-ID 2462412-3. - Vol. Nr. 41
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/243266 [Handle]
Classification:	i15 ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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