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- Title
Corruption costs lives: evidence from a cross-country study.
- Authors
Li, Qiang; An, Lian; Xu, Jing; Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina
- Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of corruption on health outcomes by using cross-country panel data covering about 150 countries for the period of 1995 to 2012. We employ ordinary least squares (OLS), fixed-effects and two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation methods, and find that corruption significantly increases mortality rates, and reduces life expectancy and immunization rates. The results are consistent across different regions, gender, and measures of corruption. The findings suggest that reducing corruption can be an effective method to improve health outcomes.
- Subjects
HEALTH care industry; LEAST squares; MATHEMATICAL statistics; CORRUPTION; ISOTONIC regression; PHARMACEUTICAL industry; MEDICAL care standards; CRIME; LIFE expectancy; MEDICAL care costs; RESEARCH funding
- Publication
European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
1618-7598
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10198-017-0872-z