汇款如何影响儿童死亡率,有没有先决条件?
Benjamin Ramkissoon1, Regan Deonanan1
1Department of Economics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|August 18, 2023
概括
汇款显著降低了发展中国家因腹疾病的儿童死亡率. 这种对儿童健康的积极影响与改善的卫生做法有关,并不取决于治理或卫生基础设施的质量.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 发展经济学 发展经济学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 儿童死亡率仍然是一个关键的全球卫生挑战,特别是在发展中国家.
- 汇款越来越多地被认为是影响健康结果的潜在因素.
- 汇款对儿童死亡率的影响的具体机制和条件尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查汇款与发展中国家儿童死亡率之间的因果关系.
- 确定受汇款影响的儿童死亡的主要原因.
- 探索潜在的调解道和调节因素,如社会经济和政治条件.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自122个发展中国家 (2003-2018) 的动态面板数据.
- 采用先进的计量经济学技术,包括内部和转移股权工具变量.
- 检查了对儿童死亡的三大主要原因的影响.
主要成果:
- 汇款被发现可以显著降低儿童死亡率,特别是因腹疾病的儿童死亡率.
- 改进的卫生设施使用成为这种效应的潜在关键道.
- 汇款减少死亡率的影响与治理质量和卫生基础设施水平无关.
结论:
- 汇款在改善儿童健康方面发挥着至关重要的作用,特别是通过减轻腹疾病死亡率.
- 汇款在减少儿童死亡率方面的有效性并不取决于强有力的治理或卫生系统.
- 汇款在资源有限的环境中为公共卫生干预提供了一个有希望的途径.
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