-rated health. While the first welfare gap in happiness has closed recently, the second transition gap in self-perceived gap only …-rated health. Although the gap in self-perceived health for transition nations in Eastern Europe is present in a basic model, it … "Good" or "Very Good" health compared to other transition and non-transition countries. Controlling for communist party …

distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and … transitional processes, particularly economic transitions on nutritional and health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that the …

The impact of economic conditions on mortality in a large transition economy is analysed using county level data (NUTS … III) from post-communist Romania 1997-2014 and a fixed-effects model. Overall mortality, circulatory diseases mortality …, neoplasms mortality and external cause mortality move counter-cyclically relative to economic growth. The long and severe …

in a corrupt society has deleterious effects on health. Using individual-level data from 28 post-communist countries, we … demonstrate that bribing for public services worsens self-assessed health. Unlike other studies, we account for endogeneity of … bribery and show that bribing for any type of public service, not just for health services, has an adverse impact. We also …

-communist transitions to show the effect on health (measured as life expectancy and cause-specific mortality) of the interaction between …In this paper we explore political-economic determinants of health. We draw upon the unique natural experiment of post … economic institutions exert cumulative positive impact upon health (even if their separate effects are negative or …

electricity suppliers. Outages may have an adverse impact on the household's welfare including the health of household members … investigates whether there is a relationship between outages and the health of children. Specifically, I study the differences in …

welfare measures across regimes including information on living space and self-reported health, and relevant inequality and …

Mortality Crisis"). Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily among alcohol related causes and among working … consumption and mortality during the campaign experienced larger transition era increases, and (3) Other former Soviet states and … Eastern European countries exhibit similar mortality patterns commensurate with their campaign exposure. The campaign's end …

Mortality Crisis"). Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily among alcohol related causes and among working … consumption and mortality during the campaign experienced larger transition era increases, and (3) Other former Soviet states and … Eastern European countries exhibit similar mortality patterns commensurate with their campaign exposure. The campaign's end …