Infant mortality during economic downturns and recovery

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Mendoza, Ronald U, Rees, Nicholas
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2009
• الموضوعات: global economic slowdown; economic crisis; countercyclical policy; social protection; infant mortality rate (IMR); under 5 mortality rate (U5MR); Economic Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/142; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586527
• المؤسسة: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the impact of economic downturns on infant mortality. Drawing on this, it examines the possible impact of the presently unfolding global economic slowdown. While there is scope for further improving our understanding of the links between economic trends...