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Welfare state and infant mortality.

D Conley1, K W Springer

  • 1Center for Advanced Social Science Research, New York University, NY 10003, USA. dalton.conley@nyu.edu

AJS; American Journal of Sociology
|July 12, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Government spending on public health significantly reduces infant mortality rates. This effect is cumulative over five years and operates through both social and medical channels, independent of economic development.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Social Policy
  • Economics

Background:

  • Infant mortality is a key social indicator sensitive to policy interventions.
  • Understanding the impact of welfare-state spending on infant mortality is crucial.

Observation:

  • Country fixed-effects models were employed to analyze the relationship.
  • The study controlled for economic development and potential reverse causation.

Findings:

  • Public health spending significantly lowers infant mortality rates.
  • The impact of health spending is cumulative over a five-year period.
  • State spending influences infant mortality through social and medical mechanisms, varying by welfare state structure.

Implications:

  • Evidence supports targeted public health investments for reducing infant mortality.
  • Policy interventions can be tailored based on welfare state institutional structures.
  • The findings underscore the importance of sustained health spending for public health outcomes.

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