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<p>Previous studies show that children in lower socioeconomic status families reveal higher rates of mortality. We complement the income-mortality literature by establishing a causal link between income and child mortality. Our instrument for income is based on time-series global shocks to oil prices combined with the cross-sectional share of employment in manufacturing across US states as their exposure to oil price changes. Using the universe of death records between the years 1975-2004, we find the OLS results of income-child-mortality relationships are under-biased. The 2SLS-IV results suggest that a $1,000 increase in income per capita at the state level reduces child mortality and infant mortality by 0.87 and 0.53 fewer incidences per 1,000 population of age-specific children.</p>
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Previous studies show that children in lower socioeconomic status families reveal higher rates of mortality. We complement the income-mortality literature by establishing a causal link between income and child mortality. Our instrument for income is based on time-series global shocks to oil prices combined with the cross-sectional share of employment in manufacturing across US states as their exposure to oil price changes. Using the universe of death records between the years 1975-2004, we find the OLS results of income-child-mortality relationships are under-biased. The 2SLS-IV results suggest that a $1,000 increase in income per capita at the state level reduces child mortality and infant mortality by 0.87 and 0.53 fewer incidences per 1,000 population of age-specific children.

RETRACTED: Income Shocks and Child Mortality Rates: Evidence from Fluctuations in Oil Prices

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Previous studies show that children in lower socioeconomic status families reveal higher rates of mortality. We complement the income-mortality literature by...

RETRACTED: Income Shocks and Child Mortality Rates: Evidence from Fluctuations in Oil Prices

Publié en ligne: 04 juin 2021

Pages: 69 - 83

Reçu: 13 janv. 2021

Accepté: 31 janv. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2021-0002

Mots clés
Income, Child Mortality, Infant Mortality, Toddler Mortality, Income Inequality, Oil Price, Panel Data, Two-Stage Least Square, Instrumental Variable

© 2021 Catalina Rivero et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

RETRACTED: Income Shocks and Child Mortality Rates: Evidence from Fluctuations in Oil Prices

Publié en ligne: 04 juin 2021

Pages: 69 - 83

Reçu: 13 janv. 2021

Accepté: 31 janv. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2021-0002

Mots clésIncome, Child Mortality, Infant Mortality, Toddler Mortality, Income Inequality, Oil Price, Panel Data, Two-Stage Least Square, Instrumental Variable

© 2021 Catalina Rivero et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Income, Child Mortality, Infant Mortality, Toddler Mortality, Income Inequality, Oil Price, Panel Data, Two-Stage Least Square, Instrumental Variable