Macroeconomic Determinants Of Infant Mortality in WAEMU Countries: Evidence From Panel Data Analysis

ABBUY, Kwami Edem (2018): Macroeconomic Determinants Of Infant Mortality in WAEMU Countries: Evidence From Panel Data Analysis.

Abstract

This paper investigates the macroeconomic determinants of infant mortality in WAEMU countries for the period 1980–2016. A panel data model from WAEMU countries was used to identify the macroeconomic determinants of infant mortality. We used fixed effects instrumental variables (FE-IV) estimator in panel data model. Our analysis using econometric estimations after correcting for endogeneity showed that female literacy, GDP per capita as a proxy for income, public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP and urbanization significantly affect infant mortality rate in a negative way.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Keywords: infant mortality, fertility, education, public health expenditure.
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O21 - Planning Models ; Planning Policy

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