Local economic growth and infant mortality

Elsevier

Available online 10 November 2022, 102699

Journal of Health EconomicsAbstract

We estimate the effect of local economic growth on infant mortality. We use geo-referenced data for non-migrating mothers from 46 developing countries and a total of 128 DHS survey rounds and combine it with nighttime luminosity data at a granular level. Using mother fixed effects we show that an increase in local economic activity significantly reduces the probability that the same mother loses a child before its first birthday.

Keywords

Local economic growth

Child mortality

Nighttime lights

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