2016
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-016-0120-8
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Revisiting the child health-wealth nexus

Abstract: ObjectiveThe causal link between a household’s economic standing and child health is known to suffer from endogeneity. While past studies have exemplified the causal link to be small, albeit statistically significant, this paper aims to estimate the causal effect to investigate whether the effect of income after controlling for the endogeneity remains small in the long run. By correcting for the bias, and knowing the bias direction, one can also infer about the underlying backward effect.Design and settingThis… Show more

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“…To extinguish short-run and log-run, the studied use both household expenditure and household wealth and improving household wealth is larger effect on child health. (Fakir, 2016) In Parkistian, Integrated Household survey was conducted and income of the household is negatively associated with child mortality in there. Comparing with infant and childhood mortality, household income is storngly affect on neonatal period and it could be the fact that higher income household could compensate health care cost in earliest stage of child, neonatal period and it disappears at later stage of child's life.…”
Section: 311) Household Level Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To extinguish short-run and log-run, the studied use both household expenditure and household wealth and improving household wealth is larger effect on child health. (Fakir, 2016) In Parkistian, Integrated Household survey was conducted and income of the household is negatively associated with child mortality in there. Comparing with infant and childhood mortality, household income is storngly affect on neonatal period and it could be the fact that higher income household could compensate health care cost in earliest stage of child, neonatal period and it disappears at later stage of child's life.…”
Section: 311) Household Level Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%